Lindeman, Ruth B. (1925-2016)
LINDEMAN, BICKNELL, ORVIS, RISHOI, WHEELER
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 6/14/2016 at 10:30:38
Ruth B. Lindeman
October 5, 1925 - May 10, 2016Surrounded by family and friends, Ruth Bicknell Lindeman, age 90, died on May 10, 2016, in Storm Lake, Iowa.
Ruth was born on October 5, 1925, in Yankton, South Dakota, to Gilbert Glenn Bicknell and Harriet (Orvis) Bicknell. She grew up in Yankton and graduated from Yankton High School and then from the University of Nebraska. She also holds degrees from USD and USD/S.
On June 15, 1946, Ruth married Theodore (Ted) Charles Lindeman, also of Yankton, South Dakota. The Bicknell and Lindeman families, already, knew each other very well.
In 1952, Ruth and Ted moved to Springfield, South Dakota, where Ted practiced dentistry, and they raised their five children. In 2013, they moved to Alta, Iowa, to be near their youngest daughter, Dr. Lisa Lindeman, and her husband, Stan Rishoi.
Ruth enjoyed reading, politics, and current events. A longtime member of AAUW, a member of the Springfield School Board and the South Dakota Commission on the Status of Women, she served for over twenty years as the Springfield Historical Society secretary. Moreover, she played an instrumental role in bringing the Alternatives to Violence Program to the Springfield Correctional Facility where she served as facilitator right up until her move to Iowa.
Ruth is survived by Ted, her husband of seventy years of Alta, Iowa; her children: David (Barbara) Lindeman, of Washington, D.C., Eric (Jana) Lindeman, of Seattle, Washington, Gilbert (Gisela) Lindeman, of Silver Spring, Maryland, Becky (Michael) Wheeler, of Springfield, Kentucky, and Lisa (Stan Rishoi) Lindeman, of Alta, Iowa; as well as by nine grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and a special nephew, Jim (Leann) Bicknell.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her brothers, William “Bill” (Betty) Bicknell and Gilbert “Buck” (“Rusty”) Bicknell.
A visitation will take place on Thursday, May 12, 2016, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake and again on Friday, May 13, 2016, at the United Church of Christ in Springfield, South Dakota, at 12:30 p.m. A funeral service will follow at 2:00 p.m. with Reverend Michael Carlson officiating. Burial will take place in Springfield Cemetery in Springfield. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake along with the Crosby-Jaeger Funeral Home in Springfield is in charge of the arrangements.
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