ANDERSON, Ruth O. (THOEN)

THOEN, ANDERSON, REYERSON, HRUBETZ, BRUNSVOLD, BURASS

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 9/1/2016 at 02:48:53

Obituary ~ Ruth O. (Thoen) Anderson
July 20, 1907 ~ August 26, 1995

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
August 28, 1995

Ruth O. Anderson, 88, of the Manor, died Saturday (Aug. 26, 1995) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Fullerton Patterson James Funeral Chapel, 123 Second St. S.E. Officiating will be the Rev. John W. Gannett of Trinity Lutheran Church. Visitation is from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral chapel. Interment will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Those planning an expression of sympathy may choose to make donations to the Ruth O. Anderson Memorial Fund.

Ruth was born July 20, 1907, on their farm near Kensett, a daughter of John Thoen and Thea (nee) Reyerson Thoen. She attended rural schools and then worked as a waitress in Kensett, Northwood, Albert Lea and Des Moines.

She was united in marriage to Harold Anderson in August 1941 in Mason City. They lived on the East Coast for three years while Harold served his country. Following his discharge from the service, they moved to Mason City. Ruth was active as a volunteer for the Red Cross and her love for children led her to driving handicapped children to school. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.

Ruth has left as her survivors several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Harold, in 1973; four sisters, Esther Hrubetz, Ida Brunsvold, Agnes Thoen and Norma Burass; and two brothers, Truman and Raymond Thoen.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, August of 2016