Ruth O. Olson

FOREST CITY -- Ruth O. Olson, age 95 of Forest City, died Tuesday, August 7, 2007 at the Titonka Care Center in Titonka, Iowa. Funeral service will be Friday, August 10 at 2:00 PM at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Forest City with Pastor Wayne Hagen officiating. Burial will be at Oakland Cemetery in Forest City. Visitation will be Thursday, August 9 from 5 to 7 PM at the funeral home and an hour prior to service at the church.



Ruth Overa Olson was born on June 13, 1912 to Carl and Sarah (Tweeten) Gustafson in Mt. Valley Township, Winnebago County, Iowa, the third of nine children. She was baptized, confirmed, and married Winnebago Lutheran Church.



On January 3, 1932, she married Kenneth Olson. The couple farmed near Miller, Iowa until 1968 when they moved to their new home near Forest City. Kenneth passed away in 1973 and Ruth remained there until moving to Forest City. She was an active member of Faith Lutheran Church in Miller and later Immanuel Lutheran Church.



Ruth enjoyed family gatherings, being with friends, entertaining, and growing flowers. She was a long-time member of the Happy Birthday Club, Extension, 4-H Leader, Church Circle and Sr. Citizen's Center. After retirement, the couple delivered motor homes and she and Kenneth wintered in Texas.



In 2005, Ruth moved to Forest Plaza and in March of 2007 to the Titonka Care Center where she passed away on August 7, 2007.



Ruth is survived by three daughters: Janice (Morris) Kluver of Forest City; Yvonne Rippentrop of Titonka and Marcia (Irvin) Milbrandt of Elmore, Minnesota. Also surviving are nine grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, a sister Charlotte Nelson of Forest City, a brother Clemmit Gustafson and wife Elaine of Wal-Cott, Iowa and sister-in-law Orva Gustafson of Lake Mills.



Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Kenneth, son-in-law Roger Rippentrop, brothers Gustaf, Cleo, James and Victor, a brother in infancy and a sister, Margaret Nyhus