MILLER - Ruth Sivertsen, 94, of Miller, passed away Thursday, July 19, 2018, at the Highmore Health.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m., today at the First Presbyterian Churchin Miller. Burial will be in Morningside Cemetery at Ree Heights.
Annie Ruth was born April 28, 1924, in Hand County to James and Ruby (Fawcett) Lobban. She graduated from Alpena High School in 1943, and completed nurses training at the Methodist Hospital in Mitchell. She was a cadet in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II. She retired from Miller Hospital in 1989.
She was united in marriage to DeWayne Emret Sivertsen February 21, 1948. They lived on a farm in southern Hyde County until 1954, when they moved south of Ree Heights. She was a member of the Cedar Congregational Church and the First Presbyterian Church in Miller, the Hilltop Grange, Ree Heights Legion Auxiliary, and numerous other organizations.
She is survived by her children, Judy (Galan) Wallman, Garner (Sally) Sivertsen, Joan Sivertsen, Janice (Keith) Volek, Robert (Vicki) Sivertsen, and Joyce (Lynn) Swaney; 15 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Leona Lobban, LaVonne Kusser, and Mary Ann Sivertsen; brother-in-law, Eddie (Christine) Sivertsen; and a host of nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, DeWayne; siblings, Alex Lobban, James Lobban, an infant brother, Allie Lobban, Edna Hasart, Nellie Jager, Margaret Knippling, and Christina Smith.
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