Ruth Sæterdal
- Born: 3 May 1925, Sedalen, Vaksdal, Bruvik
- Died: 17 May 2013, Wasilla, Matanuska Susitna, Alaska at age 88
General Notes:
Ruth became deaf at age 12 due to a childhood illness, but this did not stop her from forging ahead in life. At age 30, she moved to Minnesota where other family lived. Not knowing English, she taught herself the language by reading the newspaper. In the early 1960s, she joined her Uncle, Carl Saterdal, in Wasilla, who had been working in the mines. Carl passed away in 1978, but Ruth stayed on, going home to Norway for a few years in 1980. Ruth fell in love with Alaska, loving to pick berries in summer and skiing in the winter.
Ruth was a hard worker, and a kind and generous person. She dearly loved her family and was especially fond of children. Her working years were mostly homemaking for people and some with children who she lovingly cared for. She made great breads and doughnuts, among other things like knitting beautiful items. Her friends and family have many great stories to share about Ruth, some funny, others scary as in her driving days. Overall, everyone agrees that to know her was to love her, and she will be greatly missed by many abroad and here in the Valley (Wasilla).
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