Ruth O. Pfeil

St. Charles, MNRuth Ottilia Pfeil, 85, died Saturday, July 2, 2005, at St. Isadore Nursing Home in Plainview, MN. Ruth was born December 8, 1919 in Sheboygan Falls, WI to Reinhold and Ottilia (Page) Boettcher. She married Frederick Pfeil on March 8, 1940 in Plainview, MN. Ruth was raised in Elba, MN and went to Normal School in Winona. Ruth was a school teacher in Plainview, Dover and Eyota until moving to California in 1967 where she continued teaching. In 1986 she retired from teaching and moved to St. Charles, MN. Ruth was a member of St. Matthews Lutheran Church in St. Charles.Survivors include two grandchildren, Holly (Sean) Machin of Petaluma, CA and Eric (Elizabeth) Rutlin of LosGatos, CA; and three sisters, Pearl Braun of Rochester, MN, Marion (Harold) Bedtka of Dover, MN and Viola (Dale) Ehlenfelt of Elk River, MN. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred, daughter, Diane R. Rutlin, two brothers, Norman and Pete and sister, Gertrude.Funeral services are planned for 11:00am Saturday, July 9, 2005 at St. Matthews Lutheran Church with the Rev. Michael Hart officiating. Burial will be in the Hillside Cemetery in St. Charles. Friends may call at Hoff Funeral Homes ? St. Charles Chapel on Friday from 4-8:00pm and also one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday. Please share a memory of Ruth with the family at: www.hofffuneralhomes.com