Ruth Marie MOE

1919 - 2005  (86 years)

• Name	Ruth Marie MOE
  Birth	13 Jan 1919	Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  Gender	Female
  Minnesota Death Certificate	2005-MN-014865
  Death	12 May 2005	Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  Burial	Sarpsborg Cemetery, Tumuli Twp, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  Notes	In the 1935/36 Fergus Falls city directory, she is a high school student living with her parents at 111 W Vernon Avenue. In the 1937/38 Fergus Falls city directory, she has no occupation and lives with her parents at 621 Union Avenue South. She graduated from Fergus Falls High School in its class of 1937. Ruth (Moe) Kvernstoen, 86, Fergus Falls, died May 12, 2005, at the Lake Region Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility. She was born Jan. 13, 1919, in Fergus Falls, arriving in time for the great cyclone of 1919. She married Otto in 1939, and with characteristic optimism, bore 4 children. Her children still struggle to make her optimism warranted. Although a town girl, she adapted well to life on the farm, near Dalton, where she lived until 1979, then moving to Fergus Falls, where she lived at 619 East Summit for 26 years. She worked for 20 years at the Pioneer Home, and made many friends there. She was a person of many interests, talents, and friends, all three categories too numerous to mention in entirety. Interests included poetry (reading, memorizing, and writing), crochetting, music, her dog Brie, and voracious reading. She liked nothing better than sitting down with a good book and "a little something" to eat. If there are murder mysteries and Racko tournaments in Heaven she will be happy there. To all her many friends: she would regret leaving without saying goodbye to all of you. She will be greatly missed by many. It is hard to express our loss. Fortunately, we have tears. She is survived by her children: David Kvernstoen, Kristie (James) Martinka, Constance (Bernard) Adams, Steven Kvernstoen and wife Orapan Footrakoon; grandchildren: Matt and Sara Martinka, and Tina, Kari, and Joel Adams; and sister Nancy (Dwain) Tollefson. She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; brother Phillip; and her beloved hearing-ear dog, Brie. Visitation: Monday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home and will resume one hour prior to the service at the church on Tuesday. Service: 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Zion-Sarpsborg Free Lutheran Church in Dalton Clergy: Revs. Steve Carlson and Dennis Norby Burial: Sarpsborg Cemetery in Dalton Funeral Home: Olson Funeral Home, Fergus Falls
  Person ID	I13152	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	8 May 2021

  
  

  Father	Phillip Johannes MOE,   b. 19 Oct 1894, Hanska, Brown County, Minnesota d. 22 Sep 1978, Cass County, North Dakota (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Geda Eletta JOHNSON,   b. 16 Jul 1897, Minnesota d. 23 Jul 1982, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	1 Dec 1917
  Family ID	F9688	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Otto Martin KVERNSTOEN,   b. 8 Aug 1910   d. 20 Dec 1988, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1939	Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F9830	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 May 2021