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.
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
| Birth | October 23, 1917 | Rockville, Stearns Co., MN | |||
| Marriage | April 27, 1943 | Watkins, MN - Lawrence G. Ruhland | |||
| Death | November 8, 2001 | 55389 Watkins, Meeker Co., MN |
Families
| Spouse | Lawrence G. Ruhland (1914 - 2006) |
| Child | Evelyn Ruhland |
| Child | Addie Ruhland |
| Child | Elizabeth Ruhland |
| Child | Andrew "Andy" Ruhland |
| Child | Cecilia Ruhland |
| Child | Jane Ruhland |
| Child | Margaret Ruhland |
| Child | Paul Ruhland |
| Child | Mary Ruhland |
| Child | Clem Ruhland |
| Father | Gotthard H. Ahles (1875 - 1943) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Jungels (1875 - 1957) |
| Sibling | Andrew N. Ahles (1896 - 1936) |
| Sibling | Olivia Ahles (1898 - ) |
| Sibling | Catherine Ahles (1901 - 1984) |
| Sibling | John Frank Ahles (1902 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Loretta "Laura" Ahles (1905 - 1971) |
| Sibling | Rose Ahles (1907 - 1974) |
| Sibling | Anna E. Ahles (1909 - 1993) |
| Sibling | Alma Ahles (1910 - ) |
| Sibling | Valentine P. Ahles (1912 - 2000) |
| Sibling | Mary M. Ahles (1912 - 2006) |
| Sibling | Herman J. Ahles (1913 - 1983) |
| Sibling | Henrietta Ahles (1917 - 1995) |