Ramona G. Wohlwend

Ramona Wohlwend, 101, of Moorhead, MN, died Sunday, July 10, 2016, in Sheyenne Crossings, West Fargo, ND.
Ramona Glasmann was born in Pequot Lakes, Minnesota where she grew up and graduated from high school in 1932. She attended both St. Cloud Teaching College and Moorhead State University. She received her Master’s degree from North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND in 1958. She taugh school in Brainerd, Swanville and Frazee, MN, where she met and married Neil Wohlwend, the football coach, in 1939. He was commissioned into the Navy and while he served in the Atlantic Theatre, she ran a Government Nursing School in Norfold, VA. Following WWII, they returned to Moorhead where her husband was the head football coach at Minnesota State University, Moorhead. He later was a partner in Sportland sporting goods store in Moorhead. He died in 1978. Ramona taught in Fargo Public Schools from 1951 – 1982 and was elected an Outstanding Teacher in 1974.
Ramona has been a member of the First Congregational Church in Moorhead since 1949, where she served as Sunday School Teacher and Superintendent. She was also appointed to servce on the Religious Education Board, the Diaconate Board, and the Memorial Committee.
She was a member of the Alpha Delta Kappa Sorority, servicing as President of both the local and North Dakota State Chapters. Ramona also belonged to the A.S.T. Association for Student Teachers and, here too, she was President of both the local and North Dakota State Organization.
Ramona loved being on the MSUM Alumni Board and NCATE National Council of Accreditation of Teaching Education from 1972-1974. This National Board was made up of teachers selected from all over the U.S. She was a lifetime member of N.E.A. She taught for 38 years and was an active member of the Fargo Retired Teachers Association as well as a member of P.E.O. Chapter CO of Moorhead.
Her travels took her to Africa, Canary Islands, Bermuda, Mexico, Canada, Hawaii and Alaska and she was so proud of having been in all 50 states.
Ramona is survived by one son, Dr. Charles Wohlwend, Pueblo, CO; and a grandson, Dr. Joseph Wohlwend, Pueblo, CO; and granddaughter, Kari Faye Daniel Yamane, Detroit Lakes, MN; and two great-grandchildren, Connor and Danica Yamane.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Ethel and Alexander Glasmann; a baby brother, Keith; her husband, Neil; and sister Faye Strong.
The family suggests memorials be given to the First Congregational Church, Hospice of the Red River Valley or the YWCA, and thank you!