Ruth
Holmstrom, 82
Warren
- Ruth Holmstrom, 82, formerly of Strandquist,
died Sunday, May 13, 2001 at Good Samaritan Nursing
Home in Warren.
Funeral
services will be held on Thursday, May 17, at 10
a.m. at Hegland Lutheran Church, rural Strandquist,
with Rev. Raynard Huglen and Rev. Philip Rokke
officiating. Debbie Boen will be the organist, and
Lucille Haugen will be the soloist. Casketbearers
will include Ruth's former students, Wally Larson,
Don Holmstrom, Dean Holmstrom, Gale Frei, David
Stusynski and Larry Dziengel. Interment will be in
Hegland Lutheran Cemetery.
Visitation
will be held today (Wednesday, May 16) from 5 to 8
p.m. with a 7 p.m. prayer service at Green Funeral
Home in Thief River Falls. Visitation will also be
held at the church for one hour prior to
services.
Ruth
Ingaborg Gunderson was born on September 16, 1918
at home in Nelson Park township of Marshall county,
the daughter of Jacob and Ida (Quarnstrom)
Gunderson. She was baptized at Salem Lutheran
Church at rural Stephen and confirmed at Hegland
Lutheran Church at rural Strandquist. She attended
grade school at Woodside rural school and attended
high school in Karlstad, graduating in 1936. After
attending teachers training in Warren and Bemidji,
Ruth taught at a rural Marshall county school for
16 years.
On
June 28, 1944, she married Alvin Holmstrom at
Hegland Lutheran Church. Ruth was diagnosed with
multiple sclerosis in 1969 and had been confined to
a wheelchair since 1970. Since May 15, 1992, she
had resided at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in
Warren.
She
was Luther League president and Sunday school
teacher and superintendent at Hegland and Bethesda
Lutheran churches. She was also involved with Bible
scripture memory for many years.
Ruth
is survived by her husband, Alvin of Karlstad; a
son, Roger (Caara) of Strandquist; a brother,
Reuben (Amy) Gunderson of Strandquist; and several
nieces and nephews.
She
was preceded in death by her parents, two
brothers-in-law and a sister-in-law.
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