Frances
Rhude, 90
Thief
River Falls - Frances Rhude, 90, died Sunday,
April 15, 2001 at Oakland Park Nursing Home in
Thief River Falls.
Funeral
services will be held at 7 
p.m.on
Saturday, April 21, at Green Funeral Home Chapel in
Thief River Falls. Kathy Erickson will play the
accordion. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery in
Thief River Falls.
Visitation
will be held from noon until the time of services
Saturday.
Frances
Josephine Faiman was born on May 12, 1910 in Agdar
township of Marshall county, the daughter of
Jaroslav "Julius" and Marie (Vlasek) Faiman. She
attended Busy Beehive School, District 159 in Agdar
township for eight years. Frances worked on the
family farm until 1929 when she went to Ohio where
she worked in a garment factory. In November of
1930, she returned to Thief River Falls.
On July
1, 1932, Frances was united in marriage to Levoy
Rhude in Thief River Falls. The couple farmed in
Agdar and East Valley townships of Marshall county
until 1937 when they moved to Lind township of
Roseau county. They farmed there until 1969 when
they moved to Thief River Falls where Frances
worked at Arctic Cat Enterprises until 1981. Levoy
died on July 9, 1987. Frances continued to live in
her home until May of 1998 when she moved to Valley
Home. Since August 4, 1998, she had resided at
Oakland Park Nursing Home.
Survivors
include a son, John of Thief River Falls; three
daughters, Merry Hamberg and Susan Rhude, both of
East Mesa, Ariz. and Bonnie Anderson of Thief River
Falls; six grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; a
great great-granddaughter; a sister, Florence
Faiman in the CNC unit of Northwest Medical Center
in Thief River Falls; and many nieces, nephews,
grand nieces, grand nephews and cousins.
Frances
was preceded in death by her husband; a son, Virgil
Rhude in infancy; a grandson, Shawn Hamberg; a
great-granddaughter, April Dawn Hamberg; her
parents; six sisters, Anna Nygaard Olson, Julia
Alexander, Alice Johnson, Mildred Spittstoesser,
Marie Torbergson and Libby Benson; and two
brothers, Gustav and Julius "Billy" Faiman.
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