Ruth Marie (Har­wood) Aasen, 90, passed away Jan­uary 3, 2015, sur­rounded by her fam­ily at Pomer­ado Hospi­tal in Poway, Cal­i­for­nia.

Ruth was born April 22, 1924, to Helon “Noel” and Eve­lyn Har­wood. In her youth she helped out with the many du­ties of run­ning the fam­ily-owned cheese fac­tory at Five Points, WI.

She mar­ried Daniel Howard Aasen on April 20, 1946, and was com­pletely de­voted to him dur­ing their more than 62 years of mar­riage. Ruth was a full-time and com­pletely ded­i­cated wife and mother. Just one ex­am­ple of this were the Sun­day roast din­ners that were served af­ter church with no de­tail over­looked. Her fam­ily was com­pletely spoiled by be­ing “picked up af­ter.” She em­braced “the bus” and all the work that came with the camp­ing life­style. She kept her keen sense of hu­mor through­out her life.

Dan and Ruth thor­oughly en­joyed their re­tire­ment years liv­ing in San Diego, fre­quently vis­it­ing the San Diego Zoo & Wild An­i­mal Sa­fari Park, beach and other lo­cal at­trac­tions. In her later years she de­voted her­self to the care of Dan un­til he passed away on Au­gust 3, 2008.

She along with her beloved hus­band, Daniel, will be greatly missed by her lov­ing chil­dren, who will al­ways cher­ish the many vis­its and spe­cial time spent to­gether through­out their later years.

She was pre­ceded in death by a son, Jef­fery; her hus­band, Dan; grand­son, Cole Exner; par­ents, Helon and Eve­lyn Har­wood; and her brother, Don­ald.

She is sur­vived by her chil­dren, John Aasen of Hous­ton, TX, Julie (Jim) Har­nisch of Eau Claire, WI, Michael (Carol) Aasen of Min­neapo­lis, MN, Janie (Scott) Exner of Wick­en­burg, AZ, and Tom (Toma) Aasen, San Diego, CA; 12 grand­chil­dren; and six great-grand­chil­dren.

A pri­vate gath­er­ing with the im­me­di­ate fam­ily was held in San Diego, CA. A cel­e­bra­tion of both Dan and Ruth’s lives will be held on April 18th, 2015, at 2 p.m. at First Bap­tist Church (cor­ner of 4th and Ni­a­gara St.) in Eau Claire, WI. You are wel­come to come and share your mem­o­ries of Dan and Ruth with the fam­ily.