Shirley
Ruud, 74
Red
Lake Falls - Shirley (Efteland) Ruud, 74, died
Wednesday, January 16, 2002 at Northwest Medical
Center in Thief River Falls.
Funeral
services were held at 2 p.m. on Monday, January 21,
at Zion Lutheran Church in Thief River Falls with
Rev. Dennis Raymond officiating. Ida Nordvall was
the organist, and the soloist was Kathy Rokke.
Casketbearers were Mark Peterson, Jason Aakus, Eric
Efteland, Larry Efteland, James Efteland and Curtis
Efteland. Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery in
Thief River Falls with Green Funeral Home in charge
of the arrangements.
Shirley
Norquist was born on June 26, 1927 in St. Paul, the
daughter of Victor August Perry and Esther Mabel
(Moen) Norquist. She was baptized and confirmed at
Redeemer Lutheran Church and attended school in
Thief River Falls, graduating from Lincoln High
School in 1945.
On
November 15, 1947, Shirley was united in marriage
to Myles Julian Efteland. He died on December 24,
1966.
In
1980, she married Roy Ruud in Gatzke. She resided
in Gatzke for a time and in 1998, moved to Red Lake
Falls where she had since resided.
Shirley
worked at Halls Floral for a few years as well as
Hartz, Oakland Park Nursing Home, J.C. Penney and
Red Owl. She also owned and operated Nelson Grocery
in Thief River Falls.
She
was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, American
Legion and VFW auxiliaries and the
Eagles.
Shirley
enjoyed knitting, quilting and
birdwatching.
Survivors
include two sons, Jon (Linda) Efteland of
Knoxville, Tenn. and Myles Jeffrey Efteland of
Minneapolis; a daughter, Victoria (Robert)
Guillemette of Red Lake Falls; four grandchildren;
and three great-grandchildren.
Shirley
was preceded in death by her parents and
husbands.
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