Ruby E. Strom

Ruby E. Strom, 84, Moorhead, MN, died peacefully at her home on Thursday, May 15, 2008. Ruby Nelson was born on December 1, 1923, at Plummer, MN, to Andrew and Rose Thompson Nelson. She grew up and attended school at Plummer and Erskine, MN. She held various jobs in the East Grand Forks area before her marriage to Glenn H. Strom on June 14, 1947 in Erskine, MN. They made their home in Moorhead. Glenn died on January 22, 1994. Ruby loved to be outdoors gardening, mowing and walking. She took care of the house inside and out and enjoyed baking, canning and decorating. She was a long-time volunteer, serving at Eventide Lutheran Home in Moorhead and as a Gray Lady at the V.A. hospital in Fargo. Ruby will always be remembered as a very fashionable lady who loved to dress up and go dancing.Ruby is survived by her son, Gary Jeanne Strom, Moorhead; daughter, Debbie Steve Weber, Moorhead; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents and twelve siblings and an infant son.We thank her for all the loving care she gave us, and she will be sorely missed.