OBITUARY: Ruth Poulsen, 1904-1996, Mitchell County, Iowa [ From Mason City Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, March 10, 1996 ] Ruth Poulsen OSAGE--Ruth Poulsen, 91, of Osage, died Friday (March 8, 1996) at the Stacyville Community Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, with the Revs. Dennis Hanson and Roy Ott officiating. Burial will be in the Osage Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. today at Champion Funeral Home and one hour prior to service time Monday at the church. Ruth Poulsen was born May 9, 1904, near Osage. Survivors include one daughter, Helen Emerson, Little Cedar; one son, Clarence Thompson, Napa, Calif.; one sister, Mildred Repplinger, Hamilton, Illinois; one brother, Maurice Squier, Osage; and 16 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and one great-great- grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents, two husbands, three sons, one sister, one half sister, three brothers, one half brother, and one granddaughter. Copyright 2004, Kermit Kittleson (for IaGenWeb)