Olson, Ruth Ilene (1930-2014)

OLSON, STOCKSETH, ODLAND, NEUMANN, HOFFMAN, MCMAHON

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 10/14/2014 at 15:17:13

Ruth Ilene Olson
(November 17, 1930 - September 18, 2014)

Ruth Ilene Olson, 83 of Leland, Iowa, died on Thursday, September 18, 2014, at the Good Samaritan Society-Forest City in Forest City, Iowa.

Ruth Ilene (Stockseth) Olson was born on November 17, 1930, on the family farm near Belmond, Iowa, to Harry and Martha (Odland) Stockseth. She attended country school, graduated from Belmond High School, and earned her teacher’s certificate at Waldorf College in Forest City.

As a young lady, during one of her many trips to Lake Mills to visit extended family, Ruth met Marlin D. Olson. They married on August 17, 1950, at St. Olaf’s Lutheran Church in rural Belmond, Iowa.

Ruth worked at Deluxe Products/Fleetguard Industries in Lake Mills for thirty years, all the while working on the farm with Marlin. They lived, farmed, and raised their children at their farm west of Lake Mills where they spent their entire married lives. Marlin even bought Ruth her own John Deere 4020 with a cab (a twin tractor to his own).

In their earlier years, Ruth and Marlin enjoyed spending time bowling, and they looked forward to taking trips together and visiting with family and friends.

She was a member of Center Evangelical Lutheran Church, rural Leland, Iowa.

Survivors include her children, Dennis (Wendy) Olson, of Des Moines, Iowa, and Barb Neumann, of Forest City, Iowa; her grandchildren, Matthew Olson, of Iowa City, Iowa, Jason Neumann, of Davenport, Iowa, Megan (Austin) Hoffman, of Brandon, South Dakota, and Brittany (Keegan) McMahon, of Huron, South Dakota; a great grandson, Cohen Hoffman; her siblings, Art, Merlin (Rose), and Lois Stockseth, all of Belmond, Iowa; and a sister-in-law, Yvonne Stockseth, of Humboldt, Iowa; as well as nieces, nephews, and extended relatives.

Ruth was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Marlin; a son Dean Olson; a son-in-law, Connie Neumann; and a brother Richard Stockseth.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM on Monday, September 22, 2014, at Center Evangelical Lutheran Church, rural Leland, Iowa, with Rev. Thomas Rank officiating. Burial will be in the Center Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery. Visitation for Ruth will be on Sunday, September 21, 2014, from 4:00-6:00 PM at the Mittelstadt Funeral Home, 902 East Main Street, Lake Mills, and will continue one hour prior to services at the church on Monday.

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