A Celebration of Life s
ervice for 91-year-old Ruth Schoewe of Trimont, Minnesota will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Monday afternoon, June 9, 2014, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimball Township, Jackson County, rural Alpha, Minnesota with Reverend Rick Bremseth officiating.
Burial will be in the church cemetery in rural Alpha.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, June 8, 2014, at Kramer Family Funeral Home in Trimont, and one hour prior to the services at the church on Monday.
Ruth Schoewe passed away on Thursday morning, June 5, 2014 at the Good Samaritan Society-Pleasant View in St. James, Minnesota. .
Ruth Fay Shewmaker was born December 14, 1922 in Kimball Township, the daughter of Percy and Mary (Sabolik) Shewmaker. She was baptized on February 2, 1923 and later confirmed on March 21, 1937, both at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimball Township. Ruth attended county school in rural Minnesota and later graduated from Mountain Lake Public High School. She had to board in Mountain Lake due to no school transportation. She and her parents were very motivated that she complete her education. Ruth completed training as a teacher in Blue Earth, Minnesota and taught in county school. She had a remarkable memory for the Bible, poems, catechism and peoples’ names.
Ruth married Rudy Schoewe on September 12, 1943. They have been married for over 70 years. Ruth and Rudy farmed in Kimball Township on the Schoewe homestead until they moved to Trimont in 1980. Ruth enjoyed farming and took an active role in using tractors for planting and cultivating, and assisted when needed in helping with the livestock. She also enjoyed gardening, sewing, baking, recipe collecting, quilting and attending softball and baseball games.
She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, vice chairman of the LWML (Lutheran Women’s Missionary League), taught Sunday School, was a member of the women’s project group and was a 4-H leader for many years. Ruth spent time with her eight grandchildren (Todd, Ryan, Jennifer, Paula, Lara, Sara, Troy and Tara) and her nine great grandchildren. Ruth and Rudy spent many summer hours at the lake by Nevis, Minnesota. They went fishing and spent time with friends and family. She wanted to be a “great mother-in-law” to her daughters’-in-law and made every effort to support two new young farm wives and mothers.
Ruth was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease later in life. Ruth and her daughter, Mary, often spent a couple of days after Thanksgiving doing a marathon of Christmas shopping and baking as an annual holiday craft project to celebrate the holidays. Ruth was determined to stay active and keep doing things she enjoyed. Later on, Rudy began to do the cooking and to care for her. Ruth could no longer coo,k but she explained how to prepare her favorites and Rudy became a very good cook. Ruth and Rudy brought new meaning to the marriage vows and continued to care for each other until her death.
She is survived by her husband of 70 years, Rudy Schoewe of Trimont; daughter, Mary (Neal) Taylor of Osage, Minnesota; son, Loren (Sherry) Schoewe of rural Alpha, Minnesota; daughter-in-law, Kathleen Schoewe of Mankato, Minnesota; eight grandchildren, Jennifer (Tom) Kreel, Paula (Brent) Bergeman, Lara (Mike) Bagur, Sara (Jeff) Norstad, Troy Schoewe, Tara (Tony) Klaers, Todd (Melissa) Taylor, Ryan (Jennifer) Taylor; great-grandchildren, Isabell Kreel, Emily and Katelynn Bergeman, Abigail and Nicholas Norstad, Brynn and Bailey Klaers, Cory and Jesse Taylor; sister, Arlene “Jackie” (Martin) Franz of Mountain Lake, Minnesota; several nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.
Preceding Ruth in death were her parents, son, Charles “Butch” Schoewe and other relatives.
