Ruby Ruth Verwolf Kolberg was born Dec. 2, 1924 to Henry and Jenny Verwolf in Vayland, S.D.
When she was nine her family moved to Manhattan by train. She married Carl Karston Kolberg on Sept. 5, 1942. They had four children: Arnold, Roxie, Carlon and Sharon.
In 1945 she and Carl bought a home in Toston; in 1962 they bought a farm in the Crow Creek Valley and built a new home there. She raised calves, chickens and a garden.
Carl died in 1990. Ruby married Donald Gaylen in 1991; he died in 1999.
She was a member of the Rebekah Lodge of Three Forks and Radersburg.
Ruby and Carl traveled to Norway three times. In 2005 she traveled to Norway again with her daughters.
She is survived by her children, Arnold Kolberg, Roxie Anderson and Carlon Emch of Toston, Sharon (Kenneth) Antonson of Proctor, and her pet companion, Trixie.
She had 18 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren and 8 great-great grandchildren with one on the way.
Preceding her in death are her parents, four of her seven sisters. Her husbands, three grandchildren, one great-grandson and her best friend and companion, Hector Theriault.
A funeral service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 24 at Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home, 212 Broadway, Townsend. Interment will follow the funeral service at Deep Creek Cemetery. A friends and family gathering will follow the interment at Radersburg School.
Published in the Three Forks Herald ~ January 23, 2014
When she was nine her family moved to Manhattan by train. She married Carl Karston Kolberg on Sept. 5, 1942. They had four children: Arnold, Roxie, Carlon and Sharon.
In 1945 she and Carl bought a home in Toston; in 1962 they bought a farm in the Crow Creek Valley and built a new home there. She raised calves, chickens and a garden.
Carl died in 1990. Ruby married Donald Gaylen in 1991; he died in 1999.
She was a member of the Rebekah Lodge of Three Forks and Radersburg.
Ruby and Carl traveled to Norway three times. In 2005 she traveled to Norway again with her daughters.
She is survived by her children, Arnold Kolberg, Roxie Anderson and Carlon Emch of Toston, Sharon (Kenneth) Antonson of Proctor, and her pet companion, Trixie.
She had 18 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren and 8 great-great grandchildren with one on the way.
Preceding her in death are her parents, four of her seven sisters. Her husbands, three grandchildren, one great-grandson and her best friend and companion, Hector Theriault.
A funeral service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 24 at Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home, 212 Broadway, Townsend. Interment will follow the funeral service at Deep Creek Cemetery. A friends and family gathering will follow the interment at Radersburg School.
Published in the Three Forks Herald ~ January 23, 2014
Ruby Ruth Verwolf Kolberg was born Dec. 2, 1924 to Henry and Jenny Verwolf in Vayland, S.D.
When she was nine her family moved to Manhattan by train. She married Carl Karston Kolberg on Sept. 5, 1942. They had four children: Arnold, Roxie, Carlon and Sharon.
In 1945 she and Carl bought a home in Toston; in 1962 they bought a farm in the Crow Creek Valley and built a new home there. She raised calves, chickens and a garden.
Carl died in 1990. Ruby married Donald Gaylen in 1991; he died in 1999.
She was a member of the Rebekah Lodge of Three Forks and Radersburg.
Ruby and Carl traveled to Norway three times. In 2005 she traveled to Norway again with her daughters.
She is survived by her children, Arnold Kolberg, Roxie Anderson and Carlon Emch of Toston, Sharon (Kenneth) Antonson of Proctor, and her pet companion, Trixie.
She had 18 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren and 8 great-great grandchildren with one on the way.
Preceding her in death are her parents, four of her seven sisters. Her husbands, three grandchildren, one great-grandson and her best friend and companion, Hector Theriault.
A funeral service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 24 at Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home, 212 Broadway, Townsend. Interment will follow the funeral service at Deep Creek Cemetery. A friends and family gathering will follow the interment at Radersburg School.
Published in the Three Forks Herald ~ January 23, 2014
When she was nine her family moved to Manhattan by train. She married Carl Karston Kolberg on Sept. 5, 1942. They had four children: Arnold, Roxie, Carlon and Sharon.
In 1945 she and Carl bought a home in Toston; in 1962 they bought a farm in the Crow Creek Valley and built a new home there. She raised calves, chickens and a garden.
Carl died in 1990. Ruby married Donald Gaylen in 1991; he died in 1999.
She was a member of the Rebekah Lodge of Three Forks and Radersburg.
Ruby and Carl traveled to Norway three times. In 2005 she traveled to Norway again with her daughters.
She is survived by her children, Arnold Kolberg, Roxie Anderson and Carlon Emch of Toston, Sharon (Kenneth) Antonson of Proctor, and her pet companion, Trixie.
She had 18 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren and 8 great-great grandchildren with one on the way.
Preceding her in death are her parents, four of her seven sisters. Her husbands, three grandchildren, one great-grandson and her best friend and companion, Hector Theriault.
A funeral service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 24 at Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home, 212 Broadway, Townsend. Interment will follow the funeral service at Deep Creek Cemetery. A friends and family gathering will follow the interment at Radersburg School.
Published in the Three Forks Herald ~ January 23, 2014
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