Ruth Anderson
January 14, 2011
Ruth was born June 27, 1928 to Axel Theodore and Maria Elvira (Hedman) Nyberg in Prentice, Wisconsin. She was a graduate of Prentice High School and attended Luther College in Wahoo, Nebraska. Ruth was employed by the gas company in Wahoo, retiring in 1991. She had been a resident of Fremont since 2000.
On November 18, 1948, she was married to Donald G. Anderson in Wahoo.
She was an active member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church while living in Wahoo. After moving to Fremont, she became involved in LIFT, Christian Fellowship, quilting, and Faith Circle at First Lutheran Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister Helen Hoefnagel, and brothers Roy and Norman Nyberg.
She is survived by her husband Donald, a son Steven (Virginia) Anderson of Omaha, daughters Wendy (Lon) Olson of Fremont, and Lynette (Michael) McCarty of Greenwood, Indiana; grandchildren Ryan (Bethany) Olson and Lisa Olson of Fremont, Elizabeth (Jon) Nelson of Council Bluffs, Lindsay Anderson of Omaha, Megan McCarty of Arlington, Virginia, and Allison McCarty of Greenwood, Indiana; great grandsons Luke and Tate Olson of Fremont.
The funeral service will be 10:30 AM Friday (January 21st, 2011) at First Lutheran Church (3200 E. Military) in Fremont with the Rev. Charlie Axness officiating. The committal will be in Sunrise Cemetery, Wahoo. Memorials are suggested to First Lutheran Church, Fremont, or the Luther Scholarship Fund at Midland University, Fremont.
Visitation will be on Thursday (January 20th) at the Ludvigsen Mortuary, Fremont, from 2 to 8 PM, with the family present from 6 to 8 PM.
online guestbook at www.Ludvigsenmortuary.com
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