Obit for RUITER, Dick (b.1917 d.2004), Murray Co., MN
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1917 - Dick Ruiter - 2004 Dick Ruiter was born October 25, 1917 to Dick 
and Wilhelmina (Rodenburgh) Ruiter on a farm near Valley Springs, South 
Dakota. He attended Valley Springs Public School and the Reformed Church. 
As a child he moved with his family to the Leota, Minnesota area where he 
finished school and then began farming with his father and brothers. He 
made confession of faith in the Bethel Reformed Church in Leota where he 
later served as an elder and a deacon. On August 23, 1940, Dick married 
Henrietta Van Lant at her parents home and they made their home in Leota. 
After marriage he owned and operated a produce business in Leota for 
eight years. In 1949, they began farming in the Leota and Chandler area 
until 1981, when they retired and moved into Chandler, Minnesota. He was 
a member of the Chandler Reformed Church and enjoyed fishing and 
woodworking after his retirement. In July of 2004, Dick became a resident 
of the Edgebrook Care Center in Edgerton, Minnesota where he died on 
Thursday, November 18, 2004, at the age of 87. 

Dick is survived by his wife Henrietta; four sons: Darrel and Sylvia, 
Oakdale, CA; John and Darlene, Edgerton, MN; Les and Mary , Lake Wilson, 
MN and Dean and Joyce, Cottage Grove, MN; four daughters: Mina Gritters, 
Bellflower, CA; Loreen and Les Sankey, Chandler, MN; Pat and Bob Gregory, 
Sioux Falls, SD and Ruth and Loren Carlson, Fulda, MN; 26 grandchildren; 
41 great-grandchildren; three sisters: Tracy Baartmen, Grand Rapids, MI; 
Clasina Prins, Worthington, MN; and Johanna and John Bothof, Slayton, MN; 
many nieces, nephews and cousins. His parents, five brothers: Cornie, 
Joe, Art, Henry and Sam; two sisters: Betty DeBoer and Jenni Uithoven and 
one son-in-law Al Gritters preceded him in death. 

Funeral services were held on Monday, November 22, 2004, 10:30 a.m. at 
Chandler Reformed Church, Chandler, MN with Rev. Gary Mulder officiating. 
Organist was Julie Reitsma. Vocalists are Marlene Hofkamp and Evie 
Gilman. Casketbearers were Dave Gritters, Mike Gregory, Brad Sankey, Jeff 
Gregory, Chad Ruiter, Dan Ruiter, Steve Ruiter, Jeremy Carlson, Bryan 
Carlson, Alan Ruiter and Greg Ruiter. Honorary Casketbearers were his 
granddaughters. Interment in Chandler Memorial Cemetery, Chandler, MN.