Nelson, Ruth Emma (Peden) 1948 - 2018

NELSON, PEDEN, CLEVELAND, WHEELER

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/21/2018 at 14:33:56

Ruth E. Nelson, age 69, of Cresco, Iowa passed away Saturday, May 12, 2018 at Mercy Hospital of North Iowa in Mason City, Iowa. Graveside services will be 11:15 a.m. Friday, May 18, 2018 at New Oregon Cemetery, rural Cresco. A Memorial visitation will be Friday from 10 am until 11 a.m. at the Lindstrom Funeral Home in Cresco.

Ruth Emma Peden was born Nov. 19, 1948 in Cresco, IA, the daughter of Albert and Caroline (Cleveland) Peden. During High School she participated in the Upward Bound program at Luther College. Ruth graduated from Cresco High School in 1967. Following High School, Ruth took classes in Mason City, UNI in Cedar Falls, and Interior Design courses at NICC in Calmar. She also worked as a nanny in Deerfield, IL and at Holub’s Greenhouse in Cresco. For a few years Ruth worked at Wal-Mart in Decorah. Ruth also had worked as a telemarketer in New Hampton and Decorah. Ruth was an Avon lady for 41 years, she started in 1976 and enjoyed the many customers she served over the years. She continued to sell Avon even when her health declined; then with the help of her sister Gert in ordering and delivering the items to her customers whom she cherished. Ruth was a member of the 1st Baptist Church in Cresco until it closed in 2010. The last several years as Ruth’s health declined her sister Gert was always there to help her out. She was married to Terry Nelson in April of 1974 at 1st Baptist church in Cresco, they later divorced.

Ruth is survived by her sister Gertrude ‘Gert’ Wheeler, of Cresco as well as her many Avon customers. Ruth is preceded in death by her former husband, Terry Nelson, her mother, Caroline Wheeler, her father, Albert Peden and her step-father, John Wheeler.

Source: Lindstrom Funeral Home database

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