Memorials may be made to Our Savior Lutheran Church. LAUCK (NEE: MERTZ), Ruth M., St. Charles, MO, February 23, 2006 age 82; dearest wife of the late Arthur N. Lauck Sr.; daughter of the late Irvin and Marie Mertz; devoted mother of Terry Burton (Charles) and the late Arthur N. Lauck Jr.; beloved grandmother of Stacey Schoonover, Tia Moler, Allen, Gregory, Brian and Chad Burton; great-grandmother of Alexis Burton, Cameron Burton and Cody Moler; dear sister of Norma Colbert, Kenneth, Jack, Leonard Mertz and the late Richard Mertz and Delores Dinnella; sister-in-law of Margaret Ward, Jackie Helle and Charlie Dinnella. She was our dear aunt and friend.