Elvera
Ring, 100
Thief
River Falls - Elvera Ring, 100, died Sunday,
September 16, 2001 at Northwest Medical Center in
Thief River Falls.
Funeral
services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday,
September 20, at Nazareth Lutheran Church in Holt
with Rev. Eugene Floistad officiating. Yvonne
Larson will be the organist. Casketbearers will be
Jeff Johnson, Kent Wagner, Kurt Wagner, Christopher
Klein, Nicholas Klein and Nicholas Jorstad.
Honorary casketbearers will be Elvera's
great-grandchildren and great great-granddaughter.
Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery in Thief
River Falls.
Visitation
will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. with a 7 p.m. prayer
service today (Wednesday, September 19) at Green
Funeral Home Chapel in Thief River Falls.
Visitation will also be held for one hour prior to
services at the church.
Elvera
Wilhelmina Lydeen was born on May 11, 1901 in
Alexandria, the daughter of Charles and Augusta
(Norman) Lydeen. She grew up and attended a country
school near Alexandria before Elvera and her family
moved to Mud Lake.
She
was united in marriage to Lars Ring in Holt. The
couple moved to the Alexandria area where Elvera
worked in a turkey plant. The moved back to Mud
Lake in 1932 and farmed. In 1937, the couple moved
to Holt and in 1964, to Thief River Falls. Lars
died in 1979.
Elvera
was a member of Nazareth Lutheran Church and a
church circle.
She
enjoyed embroidery, cooking and bingo and was known
as "Granny" to everyone.
Survivors
include a son, Lawrence (Genevieve) Ring of Thief
River Falls; a daughter, Jane (Byron) Sagmoen of
Thief River Falls; two foster daughters, Kathleen
(Ray) Wagner of Thief River Falls and Dianne (Rick)
Czerwan of Mukwonagen, Wisc.; a granddaughter; five
foster grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; a
great great-granddaughter; a sister, Ruth Gahlon of
Rochester; and several nieces and
nephews.
Elvera
was preceded in death by her husband, parents and
several brothers and sisters.
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