Several of the clergy who performed the funeral Mass for Father Ruh on October 30th emerge down the steps of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Cook's Creek, Manitoba.

The casket is borne from the Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary after the funeral Mass, as the procession is about to file to the cemetery, to Father Ruh’s final resting place.

Cook's Creek, Manitoba.

Clergy and parishioners standing in the cemetery at the time of Father Ruh’s burial. The Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Grotto in Honour of Our Lady of Lourdes are visible in the background.

Cook's Creek, Manitoba.

"Uncompleted portion of Cook’s Creek Grotto, May…1962." Unconfirmed date; correct application of same negatives used for PRPC0390, showing the north ramp of the Grotto in Honour of Our Lady of Lourdes. The young spruce trees of the cemetery are shown on the upper right.

Cook's Creek, Manitoba.

Father Ruh’s coffin, carried by pallbearers up the stairs of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary the morning of his funeral. Requiem Mass held at 8:30 in the morning at Sts. Vladimir and Olga Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Winnipeg was followed two hours later by the Requiem in Father Ruh’s home parish in Cook’s Creek.

Cook's Creek, Manitoba.

Father Ruh’s casket lies open during the funeral Mass in the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was held at 10:30 in the morning.

October 30, 1962, Cook's Creek, Manitoba.

A second view of the choir of the Parish of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the church choir loft, during the funeral Mass for Father Ruh on Tuesday, October 30. Bill Panchyshyn, choirmaster, stands at the extreme left; John Palidwar, dyock and parish caretaker for many years, stands in the forefront at the right; Morris Kowalchuk, who translated Father Ruh's autobiography from Ukrainian into English.

Cook's Creek, Manitoba.

Don Skibo, long-time parishioner carries the flag on the right as the clergy lead the body from the church to the cemetery after the funeral Mass for Father Ruh. The procession wound down the steps of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary to a special plot reserved for Father Ruh in the cemetery nearby, where he was buried on Tuesday, October 30, 1962.

Cook's Creek, Manitoba.

Final benediction before the lowering of Father Ruh’s coffin during the funeral, in the cemetery north of the Grotto and Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Cook's Creek, Manitoba.

"Very Reverend Father Philip Ruh, O.M.I. Born August 6th, 1883 in Bickenholtz, Province of Lotharingia, Diocese of Metz. Professed Sept. 8th, 1905. Ordained June 10, 1910. Died October 24th, 1962 at St. Boniface, Man."