Ruth Ilene (Stockseth) OLSON

OLSON, STOCKSETH, ODLAND, NEUMANN, HOFFMAN, MCMAHON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/22/2014 at 20:08:32

November 17, 1930 --- September 18, 2014

LELAND, IA -- Ruth Ilene Olson, 83, of Lake Mills died Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, at Good Samaritan Society-Forest City in Forest City. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, at Center Evangelical Lutheran Church, rural Leland, with the Rev. Thomas Rank officiating. Burial will be in the Center Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery. Visitation for Ruth will be on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Mittelstadt Funeral Home, 902 East Main St. in Lake Mills, and will continue one hour prior to services at the church on Monday.

Ruth Ilene (Stockseth) Olson was born on Nov. 17, 1930, on the family farm near Belmond, to parents Harry and Martha (Odland) Stockseth. She attended country school, graduated from Belmond High School, and received her teacher's certificate from 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. The couple was united in marriage on Aug. 17, 1950, at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in rural Belmond. Ruth worked at Deluxe Products/Fleetguard Industries in Lake Mills for 30 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 Marlin's).

Ruth and Marlin enjoyed spending time bowling in their earlier years, and looked forward to taking trips together and visiting with family and friends. She was a member of Center Evangelical Lutheran Church, rural Leland.

Survivors include her children, Dennis (Wendy) Olson of Des Moines and Barb Neumann of Forest City; grandchildren, Matthew Olson of Iowa City, Jason Neumann of Davenport, Megan (Austin) Hoffman of Brandon, South Dakota, and Brittany (Keegan) McMahon of Huron, South Dakota; and a great-grandson, Cohen Hoffman. Ruth is also survived by siblings, Art Stockseth, Merlin (Rose) Stockseth, and Lois Stockseth, all of Belmond; a sister-in-law, Yvonne Stockseth of Humboldt; as well as nieces, nephews, and extended relatives. Ruth was preceded in death by her parents; husband Marlin; a son Dean Olson; son-in-law Connie Neumann; and a brother Richard Stockseth. Mittelstadt Funeral Home, Lake Mills, Iowa.

Globe Gazette -- Mason City, IA
September 21, 2014