Ruth Caroline PETERSON

1911 - 2014  (103 years)

• Name	Ruth Caroline PETERSON
  Birth	10 Aug 1911	Adams County, North Dakota
  Gender	Female
  Death	27 Aug 2014	Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  Notes	Ruth (Peterson) Froslee was born August 10, 1911 in Spring Butte Township, Adams County, North Dakota to homesteaders Peter J. and Hilda L. (Johnson) Peterson. She was baptized and confirmed at Cedar Creek Lutheran Church (later Prince of Peace Lutheran Church) in 1926. She attended rural Spring Butte School and graduated from Lemmon High School in Lemmon, South Dakota in 1930. Following this she attended and graduated from Nettleson Business College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. On February 28, 1934 she was married to Hans M. Froslee in Lemmon, SD. They made their home at Vining, MN where they lived their entire married life. To this union six children were born. Ruth served as Clerk on the Vining District 103 School Board. She was involved in P.T.A. and other school functions. As an active member of Vining Lutheran Church she participated in Ladies Aid, Circle, the quilting group, often serving in leadership positions. As a Red Cross member she volunteered at the Henning Nursing Home for many years. Ruth was also a 4-H leader, a member of the Dazzling Daisies Garden Club, and she belonged to the Vining Leif Erickson Sons of Norway Chapter. Reading, gardening, knitting and needlework were hobbies she enjoyed. Her hospitable manner always made everyone feel welcome in her home. Her children and grandchildren were especially fond of her ‘famous’ homemade donuts. In 2004 she moved to Willow Creek Senior Living Center, Henning where she continued to reside until March of 2012 when she became a resident at Good Samaritan Society in Battle Lake, Minnesota. The family wishes to extend gratitude and thankfulness for the concern, care, and love shown to her during her stay at these two facilities. Her husband Hans died July 13, 1987. She is survived by children, Janice (Roland) Saetre, Vining, Michael (Ginger) Froslee, Vining, Karen (John) Mack, Colorado Springs, CO, Ardell (Gary) Eide, Mesa, AZ, Gregory (Gail) Froslee, Vining, and Bruce (Sue) Froslee, Clitherall. She is grandmother to 18 grandchildren, great grandmother to 34 children and great-great grandmother to one.. Also surviving is her sister, Mildred Peterson, Fergus Falls, and three nephews, Rodney, Douglas and Keith Peterson, their spouses and families of Lemmon, South Dakota. Her parents and two brothers, Phillip and Leslie Peterson & their wives preceded her in death.
  Person ID	I26996	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2022

  
  

  Father	Peter Julius PETERSON,   b. 29 Oct 1878, Allamakee County, Iowa d. 23 Aug 1961, Perkins County, South Dakota (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Hilda Louise JOHNSON,   b. 28 Jul 1884, Allamakee County, Iowa d. 31 Oct 1970, South Dakota (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	15 Dec 1906	Cook County, Illinois
  Family ID	F18904	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hans Mikaelsen FROSLEE,   b. 16 Sep 1907, Otter Tail County, Minnesota d. 13 Jul 1987, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	28 Feb 1934	South Dakota
  Children	1. Michael Rustad FROSLEE,   b. 1 Apr 1936, Otter Tail County, Minnesota d. 23 Apr 2015, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 79 years)   2. Ardell R FROSLEE,   b. 8 Oct 1944, Otter Tail County, Minnesota d. 26 Jul 2011 (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F18897	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2018