Funeral Service
2:00 P.M., Sunday, October 10, 2010
Evangelical Covenant Church
Lake Norden, South Dakota
Pastor Joe Turrill, Officiating

Visitation
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Saturday, October 9, 2010
Geise Funeral Chapel, Lake Norden, South Dakota

Interment
Olivet Cemetery
Lake Norden, South Dakota

Ruby (Hoglund) Skoglund was born to Harry and Irene (Christensen) Hoglund on October 13, 1921 at rural Lake Norden, South Dakota. She attended school and graduated from Lake Norden High School. Ruby attended Eastern State Teachers College at Madison and taught all eight grades at Cleveland #1 country school. During World War II, she worked for three years building airplane engines at a factory in Chicago.
She was united in marriage to George Skoglund on September 8, 1945. They lived and raised their family in Lake Norden. Ruby worked at Holgers Corner Service grocery store for many years and then at the Lake Norden Care Center as a secretary. She loved her large family and spending time with them, her friends, watching baseball, playing cards and gardening. She was very involved with her church, the Evangelical Covenant Church, and loved the Lord. She belonged to the Friendly Circle Club, Covenant Women, and taught Sunday School for many years. She was a wonderful hostess and everyone was welcome in her home, including the dozens of farmers who enjoyed her baked goods at the annual Pioneer Days. She died Thursday, october 7, 2010 at the Golden Living Center in Lake Norden at the age of 88 years.
Ruby was cherished and will be dearly missed by her children, Dianne of Sioux Falls, Linda (Burt) Tulson of Lake Norden, David (Kathi) of Sioux Falls, Dean (Nancy) of Bruce, SD. She was loved by her nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Others who were special in her life and survive her include her brother, Gene (Helen) Hoglund of Lake Norden; and sisters, JoAnn (Ken) Mattheis of Sioux Falls, Janet (Al) Johnson and Shirley (John) Larson, both of Lake Norden; her brothers-in-law, Don (Ruthie) Skoglund of Lake Norden and Chuck Warren of Chandler, AZ; her sisters-in-law, Shirley Skoglund of Lake Norden and Dorothy Skoglund of Thief River Falls, MN; and many nieces, nephews and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, parents and two sisters, Harriet Hoglund and Carol Warren.
Memorials may be directed to the Lake Norden Baseball Association or the Evangelical Covenant Church.