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Ruth
C. Andersen, 79
Karlstad
&endash; Ruth Carol Anderson, 79, died Jan. 19,
2003, at the Karlstad Healthcare Center.
Services
were held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 23, at
Karlstad 
Baptist
Church, in Karlstad with Pastor David Ingraham
officiating. Interment was at Karlstad Cemetery,
Karlstad.
Ruth
Carol Andersen, the daughter of the late Marcus and
Carrie (Bystrom) Netterlund, was born on August 6,
1923, in Deerwood Township of Kittson Co., near
Karlstad. She attended school and grew to womanhood
here, graduating from Karlstad High School in 1941.
On November 26, 1942, Ruth was united in marriage
to Leslie ("Jack") Andersen at Karlstad. The couple
made their home in Arveson Township near Karlstad
for many years. Ruth was a life-long member of the
Karlstad Baptist Church and active in a variety of
church affairs. She served as Arveson Town Board
Clerk for 30 years, and wrote the "South and East"
Column for the Karlstad Advocate and the North Star
News. "Jack" passed away September 2, 1986, and
shortly after that, Ruth moved into Karlstad where
she has since made her home. She has resided at the
Karlstad Healthcare Center for the past 10 days,
and passed away there on Sunday morning, January
19.
She
is survived by four sons: Leon (Helen), of Rothsay;
and Brian, Steve (Susan), and Tim (Linda), all of
Karlstad; 10 grandchildren; six
great-grandchildren; one brother: Rudy (Gen), of
St. Paul; in addition to several nieces, nephews,
and other relatives.
Ruth
was preceded in death by her husband, her parents,
four brothers: Fred, Reuben, Swen, and Mancer, and
one sister, Agnes.
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