MYLI, Ruth C. 1928-2006

MYLI

Posted By: Gordon Felland (email)
Date: 5/31/2006 at 16:58:23

Ruth C. Myli, 77, of Waterloo, died Monday evening, May 22, 2006, at Covenant Medical Center of Multiple Myeloma. Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, May 25, at St Ansgar’s Lutheran Church with graveside services at 2:30 p.m. in the Elk Creek Lutheran Cemetery in Kensett. Friends may call at the Kearns, Huisman Schumache Chapel on Kimball from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 24, and an hour before services at the church. Those who wish may direct memorials to the church or the charity of choice.

Ruth C. Myli was born December 7, 1928, in Kensett the daughter of Rudolph and Mabel Redalen Myli. Ruth received her undergraduate degree in sociology form St. Olaf and her master’s degree from the University of Denver. She received an honorary doctorate degree from California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, CA. She was an associate professor of Social Work at the University of Utah for 13 years. She then moved to Sacramento and was the Assistant to the Bishop of Pacific Southwest Synod of the LCA. She moved to Waterloo in 1989 where she was area director of LSS for Northeast Iowa. She retired in 1994. She was on the board of the House of Hope for Abused Women and active in the Sons of Norway, past church council member and the Northeast Iowa Synod of the ELCA.

Ruth is survived by three brothers; Harlan Myli of Kensett, Russell (Sue) Myli of Lake Mills, Erling (Vada) Myli of Kensett, one sister; Marilyn Myli of Kensett, nephews; Brian Myli of Las Vegas, Joel (Lisa) Myli of Clinton, nieces; Amy (Troy) Anderson of Las Vegas, Kari (Richard) Arndt of Sauk City, Wisconsin, great nieces and nephews; Kali, Sara, Lexi, and Bret Myli.

Source: Northwood Anchor, May 24, 2006