R uby Marie Josephine Krumwiede Nelson, 105, of Langdon, ND and formerly of the Egeland, Munich and Rolla area went to be with the Lord on Friday, June 7, 2024 at Langdon Prairie Health in Langdon, ND.  Funeral Services will be Monday, June 17, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at the Egeland School Auditorium in Egeland, ND with Pastor David Schnackenberg officiating.  Visitation will be on Sunday, June 16, 2024 at the Dunnigan-Dix Funeral Home in Cando, ND from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with a prayer service at 7:00. Visitation will also be for one hour prior to the service on Monday. Burial will be at the Union Cemetery in Egeland, ND.

Ruby Marie Josephine, daughter of Otto and Elizabeth (Lehman) Krumwiede was born on September 17, 1918 in Welcome, Minnesota. Ruby was raised in the Rolla/Perth/Mylo area and attended a country school.

Ruby married Robert T. Nelson in 1938.  They were blessed with five children who all lived close by.  They lived in the Mylo area when first married on the Oscar Solberg farm.  They then moved north of Egeland on the Barks farm and later moved further north where they built a new home in 1971.

She was very active in the community, she and Robert worked at the Towner County Historical Society for many years.  She was a member of the Egeland Presbyterian Church, where she served as a session member, treasurer for the UPW of the church, and taught Sunday School.  She was a 4-H leader for twenty-five years.  Ruby was a member of the VFW auxiliary in Rocklake.  She also cooked at the Egeland School and sold Avon.

While Ruby and her husband lived on the farm, they raised many kinds of animals. If they went on a trip and mom found an animal she didn't have, sure enough she bought it home.  One of her greatest enjoyments was her chickens that she cared for, and she sold eggs around the Egeland community.  During that time, she also sold cream.  The coffee pot was always on, so whoever came would have a cup of coffee and a baked item.  Ruby was very proud that her grandson Tyler Edwards followed her to raise chickens.  In harvest time you would find her in the grain truck hauling grain from the combine and when Valerie and Anita were small, they rode in the truck with her.  Ruby also had a green thumb; she had many beautiful flowers in her yard.  She was a hard worker and loved to share all the memories and events that happened during her lifetime.

Ruby and her husband moved to Munich and lived there for several years. Following the passing of her husband, she moved to Parkview in Rolla where she joined the Presbyterian Church of Rolla/St. John.  After living there for many years, she moved to Maple Manor in Langdon where she was a resident at the time of her death.

Ruby always enjoyed having family around.  She enjoyed all her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and the great-great-grandchildren.  Whenever they would come, she always had the candy or the chips ready so they could snack.

Ruby is survived by her daughters Katherine McNurlin of Langdon, Connie (Jim) Schommer of Munich, Anita (David) Barrett of Munich, Valerie (Bob) Edwards of Rolla and half-sister Kathy Bauer of Grand Junction, CO; and daughter-in-law Sharon Nelson of Egeland.  Ruby has many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews and a sister-in-law Esther Krumwiede of Rolla.

Proceeding her in death is her husband Robert Nelson, son Otto Nelson, grand-daughters Tammy McNurlin and Brenda Lagasse and great-granddaughters Erin Fire Weed and Janea Touart, son-in-law Martin McNurlin and grandson-in-law Robert Touart; her mother Elizabeth Krumwiede, father and stepmother Otto and Myrtle Krumwiede, a sister and her husband Peter and LaVerne Heinz, a brother Clarence Krumwiede and a brother and his wife Harvey and Ellen Krumwiede.