Individual Details

Harriet E. Ahles

(October 23, 1917 - November 8, 2001)

Harriet E. Ruhland
84
Watkins
Nov. 8, 2001
Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Watkins for Harriet Ruhland, 84, who died Thursday at Hilltop Good Samaritan Center in Watkins. Burial will be at the parish cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Sunday and from 8:00 a.m. to the time of service on Monday at the Ertl Funeral Home in Watkins. Parish prayers will be at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday at the funeral home in Watkins.

Harriet Ruhland was born in Rockville, MN to Gotthard and Elizabeth (Jungles) Ahles. She married Lawrence Ruhland on April 27, 1943, at St. Anthony Catholic Church In Watkins. The couple farmed near Watkins until their retirement in 1973 and they moved into Watkins in 1974. She was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church in Watkins and had been active with the Council of Catholic Women.

Survivors include her husband, Lawrence; children and their spouses, Evelyn and David Ashfeld of Eagan, Addie and Chuck Olmschenk of St. Cloud, Elizabeth and Don Theis of Ramsey, Andy and Lois Ruhland of New Hope, Margaret Ruhland of St. Cloud, Cecilia and Jerome Garding of Kimball, Jane and Lon Christianson of Lakeville, Paul and Jackie Ruhland of Minnetonka, Mary and Paul Eggert of Oakdale, Clem and Irene Ruhland of Sartell; 24 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; sisters, Mary Maus of Sartell and Alma Klimmek of St. Cloud.

She was preceded in death by a daughter in infancy; brothers, John, Andrew, Val, and Herman Ahles; and sisters, Catherine Kremer, Laura Rooney, Rose Peters, Anna Peters, Olivia Ahles, and twin sister Henrietta Steinhoff. Memorials are preferred to the Diabetes Association and the Hilltop Good Samaritan Home.

Events

BirthOctober 23, 1917Rockville, Stearns Co., MN
MarriageApril 27, 1943Watkins, MN - Lawrence G. Ruhland
DeathNovember 8, 200155389 Watkins, Meeker Co., MN

Families

SpouseLawrence G. Ruhland (1914 - 2006)
ChildEvelyn Ruhland
ChildAddie Ruhland
ChildElizabeth Ruhland
ChildAndrew "Andy" Ruhland
ChildCecilia Ruhland
ChildJane Ruhland
ChildMargaret Ruhland
ChildPaul Ruhland
ChildMary Ruhland
ChildClem Ruhland
FatherGotthard H. Ahles (1875 - 1943)
MotherElizabeth Jungels (1875 - 1957)
SiblingAndrew N. Ahles (1896 - 1936)
SiblingOlivia Ahles (1898 - )
SiblingCatherine Ahles (1901 - 1984)
SiblingJohn Frank Ahles (1902 - 1967)
SiblingLoretta "Laura" Ahles (1905 - 1971)
SiblingRose Ahles (1907 - 1974)
SiblingAnna E. Ahles (1909 - 1993)
SiblingAlma Ahles (1910 - )
SiblingValentine P. Ahles (1912 - 2000)
SiblingMary M. Ahles (1912 - 2006)
SiblingHerman J. Ahles (1913 - 1983)
SiblingHenrietta Ahles (1917 - 1995)