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ROCHESTER -- The funeral for Ruth B. Glarner will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Macken Funeral Home Chapel in Rochester. Burial will be in Berne Cemetery, north of Mantorville.
Mrs. Glarner, 78, of Rochester, died Sunday (March 18, 2007).
Ruth Ballinger was born April 5, 1928, in Swatera, Minn. She grew up in Racine and attended nursing school in Rochester, graduating in 1951 as an LPN. She married C. Newell Glander on Aug. 23, 1952, in Racine. She worked as a nurse in Rochester until her retirement. Her husband was a lab technician at Mayo Clinic; he survives. She enjoyed gardening, bowling, bingo, crossword puzzles, crafts, dancing, and occasional trips to the casino, and was active in Order of the Eastern Star, Eagles Club, Does, Rebekkah Lodge and church circles.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by four children, Kathryn von Bargen of Blaine, Minn., Kim Glarner of Rochester, Sharon (James) Worthington of Lakebay, Wash., and Elizabeth Glarner of New Brighton, Minn.; seven grandchildren; and four sisters, Martha Parenteau of Duluth, Minn., Alice Spaulding of Willow River, Minn., Mary Plank of Helena, Mont., and Patricia Ballinger of Spring Valley.
Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, where there will be an Eastern Star Prayer service at 7 p.m. Friends may also call an hour before the service Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorials are preferred to the American Heart Association; spinal cord research at Mayo Clinic; the American Cancer Society; or the Courage Center of Golden Valley, Minn.