Obit for GUNDERMAN, Ruth (Miller) (b.1906 d.2005), Murray Co., MN

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Ruth Gunderman, the daughter of John and Emma Fillman Miller, was born on 

October 24, 1906 on a farm in Nobles Co., MN near Fulda. She attended 

District #4 Country School and St. Paul's Lutheran School in Fulda and the 

Fulda High School. Ruth was united in marriage to Alfred Gunderman on 

December 9, 1926 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Fulda. After their 

marriage they lived in Springfield, MN before moving to a farm in Graham 

Lakes Township, Nobles County in 1929. In 1954 they purchased a farm in 

Belfast Township, Murray County. After their retirement in 1975 they moved 

into Fulda. Alfred passed away April 13, 1988. Ruth entered the Maple Lawn 

Nursing Home in December of 2001 and passed away there on June 28, 2005 at 

the age of 98. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church where she 

belonged to the ladies aid, taught Sunday School, served on the altar 

guild, was a bible study leader, and active in the Women's Missionary 

League. Ruth was also a member of the Fulda Pink Ladies, Fulda VFW 

Auxiliary Post 9017, Neighborhood Birthday Club, Ruth Club, Fulda Reading 

Club, Three Wheel Bike Riders, Fulda Senior Citizens and was a past 4-H 

leader. She enjoyed gardening, flowers, ceramics, sewing, quilting, 

crocheting, needlepoint, reading, traveling and spending time with her 

family. 



Survivors include her two daughters, Carol Hatfield of Knoxville, TN and 

Peggy Schuur and her husband, Gary of Fulda, MN. Carol and Sid are the 

parents of three children, Bill (Cheryl) Hatfield and Jeff Hatfield and 

Kimberly Gray and have five grandchildren, Christopher, Sidney, Heather, 

Ryan and Kiley. Peggy and Gary are the parents of Scott (Dawn) Schuur, 

Todd (Jennifer) Schuur and Amy (Todd) Thier and have seven grandchildren, 

Brandon, Noah, Tyler, Jessica, Matthew, Austin and Zachary. She is also 

survived by one brother, Roland Miller of Fulda, MN; three sisters-in-law, 

Velma Miller, Helen Hebbert and Ruby Deal; brother-in-law Edwin Gunderman 

and several nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents, 

husband, Alfred, son-in-law, Sid Hatfield, two great-grandchildren, Noah 

Schuur and Heather Hatfield and brothers Victor, Lester, Lloyd, Raymond 

and Leland Miller. 

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