RANSOM, George M. 1908-2006

RANSOM, WEDEMEYER, KLUSMEIER

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 10/26/2010 at 00:10:32

George M. Ransom, 98

George died at the age of 98 on August 24, 2006 at the Good Samaritan Center in St. Ansgar, Iowa.

George was born on February 14, 1908 at Ionia, Iowa. He was one of five children born to Oscar and Lydia (Wedemeyer) Ransom. George attended school in Ionia and moved with his family to a farm near Rose Creek, Minnesota, when he was a young man.

On November 22, 1933 he married Ruby Klusmeier at the parsonage in Lyle, Minnesota. To this union four children were born: Joyce Golberg, Ramona (Carlton) Reuter, Donald (Judy) Ransom, and Jerry (Roberta) Ransom.

George and Ruby farmed in the Lyle-Rose Creek, Minnesota area for over fifty years. During this time he also hauled milk for the Lyle Creamery. The moved to Lyle in 1957. . .

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. . . funeral will be held at 11 a.m. at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Lyle, Minn. with the Rev. Barbara Finley Shea officiating. Interment will be in the Woodbury Cemetery, Lyle.

Visitation will be held at Clasen-Jordan Mortuary on Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m. and on Monday at the church. Pallbearers will be his six grandsons: Kent Golberg, Scott Golberg, Kirk Golberg, Dan Ransom, David Reuter and Cory Ransom.

[ Austin Daily Herald, Sunday, 8-27-2006, page 2A ]