Obit for MATHIOWETZ, Ruth (WALDEN) (b.1914 d.2004), Brown Co., MN
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Obituary of Ruth Mathiowetz(Walden)

FullName : Ruth Mathiowetz
Birth Date: 12/14/1914
Birth Place: Fulda, Iowa
Parents: James and Ada Walden
Death Date: 05/27/2004
Death Place: Hastings, MN

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Ruth Mathiowetz

On Thursday, May 27, 2004, Ruth Walden Mathiowetz went to join our Lord 
and to be with her husband Ambrose (Joe) who preceded her in death in 
March of 1999. She was born on Dec. 14, 1914, in Fulda, Iowa, the youngest 
of James and Ada Walden's seven children. They moved to Minnesota where 
she later met and married her husband in 1936. Ruth was the proud mother 
of four boys, Dean (Cindy) of Gardena Calif., Gary (Tamara) of Brainerd, 
Tom of Littleton, Colo. and Dick (Donna) of Hastings. She was blessed 
with 13 grandchildren, Kristin Spaberg (Bjorn), Becky Gregory (Bob), 
Michael; Lisa Matt (Lloyd), Michelle Duerre (Paul), Cory; Gregory, 
Christopher; Jill Sweeny (Al), Timm, Oleg, Svetlana and Brandon and 5 
great-grandchildren; Annika and Jonas Spaberg, Darby Matt, Josie and 
Katie Duerre.  Ruth and Joe lived on a farm near Comfrey and in 1942, 
moved to Franklin, where she worked as a cook in the nursing home and 
Senior Center for 40 years, while Ambrose was the manager of the Franklin 
Creamery. Ruth found pleasure in family gatherings, sewing, gardening 
and baking.
  The two of them had several opportunities to travel extensively. They 
were members of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Franklin until they 
relocated to Hastings in 1988. Ruth most recently resided in the Regina 
Nursing Home in Hastings where she died very peacefully surrounded by 
family. She will be fondly remembered for her quick wit and big smile 
and will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her.  
  Ruth was preceded in death by her parents; husband and six siblings; 
Lawrence (Dick), Ervin (Tom), Harold, Herman, Dorothy Bastian and Elsie 
Peterson Best; two grandsons, Timm Mathiowetz and Oleg Kostyuk.  
  There will be a memorial service for Ruth on Saturday, July 24, at 10 
a.m. at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Franklin, followed by a 
graveside service for Ruth and Ambrose.  
The family asks that memorials be preferred to the Regina Nursing Home 
Activities Department.
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