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Ruby
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Ruby Eagen
March 24, 1930 — June 27, 2015
Ruby Mae Eagen (formerly from Manning, Iowa) age 85, of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota entered her eternal rest on June 27, 2015 at Emmanuel Nursing Home.
Memorial Service for Ruby will be held Thursday, July 2 at 1PM in Grace Lutheran Church, Detroit Lakes. Officiating will be Reverend Roy Noel. Visitation will be held at the church one hour prior to services.
Ruby was a member of Grace Lutheran Church of Detroit Lakes. She was born on March 24, 1930 at Washington Township in Manning, Iowa to Clarence and Mabel (Vollstedt) Borkowski. Ruby was baptized on May 23, 1930 and confirmed on March 25, 1945 at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning, Iowa. Ruby was united in marriage to Don A. Eagen on October 6, 1946 in Irwin, Iowa. They lived in the counties of Shelby, Audubon, Guthrie, and Carroll, Iowa until they moved to Detroit Lakes in 1981. They purchased a bait shop in Shoreham, named it as Ruby's Bait Shop and operated five years before reselling it. She first attended rural school in Shelby county and partial high school in Manning, Iowa. After all her eight children were in school, she returned to school and earned her G.E.D. During her lifetime, Ruby worked various jobs including waitressing, as a nurse aide at a mentally disabled center in Shelby county Iowa. She also worked at Swift Turkey plant in Frazee, MN and as a cook at County Market in Detroit Lakes before retiring in 1996. Ruby spent many hours canning produce from the garden she and Don maintained. Her jams and jellies were second to none. In her spare time, she enjoyed reading and bird watching. She also loved collecting fowl plates. She is survived by three daughters and four sons. Mary (James) House of Miles, Iowa; Robert ( Mary ) of Moorhead, MN; Dick ( LaVerne ) of Tucson, Az.; Jacklyn LaWare(Keith LeValley) of Wichita, Ks ; Joseph ( Nancy ) of Omaha, Nebraska; David ( Lynn ) of Hunter, ND and Rose (Greg) Dryden of Rhinelander, Wisconsin; 25 grandchildren; 58 (and counting) great-grandchildren. Sisters Shirley Lesto of Wells, Minnesota and La Rae Walgenbach of Nesbit, Ms; a brother Melvin (Leota) Borkowski of Carroll, Ia, two half-brothers, Dan and Dennis, one half-sister, Debbie and a sister-in-law, Gladys Eagen of Guthrie, Iowa. Ruby was preceded in death by her husband; Don, one daughter; Donita, her parents;Clarence and Mabel Borkowski, one sister; Janet, six brothers-in-law, paternal grandparents;Otto and Emma Borkowski, maternal grandparents;William and Cecile Vollstedt, one great-grandchild; Elizabeth, one half-brother;Dick, one sister-in-law; Versa Hansen, and Step-mother;Bernice Borkowski.
Funeral Home: David Donehower Funeral Home 609 Hwy 10 East Detroit Lakes, MN US 56501
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Service
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Memorial Service for Ruby will be held Thursday, July 2 at 1PM in Grace Lutheran Church, Detroit Lakes. Officiating will be Reverend Roy Noel. Visitation will be held at the church one hour prior to services.
Ruby was a member of Grace Lutheran Church of Detroit Lakes. She was born on March 24, 1930 at Washington Township in Manning, Iowa to Clarence and Mabel (Vollstedt) Borkowski. Ruby was baptized on May 23, 1930 and confirmed on March 25, 1945 at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning, Iowa. Ruby was united in marriage to Don A. Eagen on October 6, 1946 in Irwin, Iowa. They lived in the counties of Shelby, Audubon, Guthrie, and Carroll, Iowa until they moved to Detroit Lakes in 1981. They purchased a bait shop in Shoreham, named it as Ruby's Bait Shop and operated five years before reselling it. She first attended rural school in Shelby county and partial high school in Manning, Iowa. After all her eight children were in school, she returned to school and earned her G.E.D. During her lifetime, Ruby worked various jobs including waitressing, as a nurse aide at a mentally disabled center in Shelby county Iowa. She also worked at Swift Turkey plant in Frazee, MN and as a cook at County Market in Detroit Lakes before retiring in 1996. Ruby spent many hours canning produce from the garden she and Don maintained. Her jams and jellies were second to none. In her spare time, she enjoyed reading and bird watching. She also loved collecting fowl plates. She is survived by three daughters and four sons. Mary (James) House of Miles, Iowa; Robert ( Mary ) of Moorhead, MN; Dick ( LaVerne ) of Tucson, Az.; Jacklyn LaWare(Keith LeValley) of Wichita, Ks ; Joseph ( Nancy ) of Omaha, Nebraska; David ( Lynn ) of Hunter, ND and Rose (Greg) Dryden of Rhinelander, Wisconsin; 25 grandchildren; 58 (and counting) great-grandchildren. Sisters Shirley Lesto of Wells, Minnesota and La Rae Walgenbach of Nesbit, Ms; a brother Melvin (Leota) Borkowski of Carroll, Ia, two half-brothers, Dan and Dennis, one half-sister, Debbie and a sister-in-law, Gladys Eagen of Guthrie, Iowa. Ruby was preceded in death by her husband; Don, one daughter; Donita, her parents;Clarence and Mabel Borkowski, one sister; Janet, six brothers-in-law, paternal grandparents;Otto and Emma Borkowski, maternal grandparents;William and Cecile Vollstedt, one great-grandchild; Elizabeth, one half-brother;Dick, one sister-in-law; Versa Hansen, and Step-mother;Bernice Borkowski.
Funeral Home: David Donehower Funeral Home 609 Hwy 10 East Detroit Lakes, MN US 56501
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VisitationThursday, July 2, 2015
12:00 PM
Grace Lutheran Church
213 Roosevelt Ave
Detroit Lakes, MN 56501
Thursday, July 2, 2015
1:00 PM
Grace Lutheran Church
213 Roosevelt Ave
Detroit Lakes, MN 56501
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