Ruth Keim, 79, 2026 N. Kavaney Drive, Bismarck,
passed away March 4, 2000, at her home. Services
will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Faith Lutheran
Church, Bismarck, with the Rev. Joel Sherer
officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial
Gardens, Bismarck.
Visitation will be from 1 to 9 p.m. today and 9
a.m.-noon Tuesday, both at Boelter Funeral Home,
Bismarck. Visitation will continue one hour prior
to the service at the church.
Ruth was born Dec. 30, 1920, at rural Ashley, the
youngest child of 10 children of Konrad and
Christina Pfeifle. She attended schools in Ashley
and was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in
Ashley. Ruth was employed at Great Falls, Mont.,
and at Davenport, Iowa, for a couple of years. She
then taught school in rural Ashley for six years.
On May 23, 1943, she married Raymond Keim at Fort
Knox, Ky., where Raymond was stationed. She was
employed at the PX at Fort Knox and also at Fort
Campbell, Tenn. After the war, they resided at
Ashley for five years and moved to Bismarck in
1950. Ruth was employed at the Bismarck Tribune
for 29 years, and then with the N.D. Legislative
Council during the 1980-1981 session and also the
Children's Outlet for six years.
From 1975 to 1996, she was on the board of the
Disabled Workers of N.D. as recording secretary
and treasurer.
Ruth volunteered at Faith Lutheran Church where
she was a member since 1950, and also the
Friendship Circle doing quilting and crafting.
Ruth adored her daughter, Karen, and two special
grandsons, Jason and Justin. She loved
baby-sitting them and loved cooking and baking for
them. She also had a special bonding with nieces
and nephews who grew up with her.
She is survived by her daughter, Karen K. Marter,
Bismarck; two grandsons, Jason, Portland, Ore.,
and Justin, Bismarck; one sister, Emelia Kosel,
Ellendale; three sisters-in-law, Christine
Pfeifle, Bismarck, Evalina Schwarz, Garrison, and
Alvera Glur, Ashley; 17 nieces and 15 nephews.
Ruth was preceded in death by her parents; her
husband, Raymond in 1977; five brothers and three
sisters, four nephews and one niece.
Memorials may be sent to Faith Lutheran Church or
Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center. (Boelter
Funeral Home, Bismarck) |
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