1. Full Name: Ruby Ruth Lindeblad Age: 83 Years Sex: F
2. Current address: Topeka
3. Date of death: Sunday , January 12, 2003
4 Place of death: Her residence
5. Cause of death:
6. Date of birth: January 16, 1919 Place of birth: Wahoo, Nebraska
6.b. Parents: Robert and Tekla Johnson Edstrom
6.c. Years in current city/town:
7. Background: She graduated from High School and junior college at Luther Academy, both in Wahoo,
Nebraska. She graduated from Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas with an English major and minors in Latin
and music. She taught school in Walt Hill and Yutan, Nebraska, in St. John, KS, and in Wichita for 36 years. She
was a parish worker at Mt. Olivet Church in Minneapolis, MN, and a secretary for the Council of Churches in
Wichita, where she helped organize the weekday church school program for the Wichita public schools. Following
her retirement, she moved to Bella Vista, AR, where she lived until moving to Topeka in May, 1996. While in
Wichita, she was a member of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, where she was choir director and organist. She was a
member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Topeka.
8. Relatives: Married to: Gordon L. Lindeblad, Dec. 26, 1947 in Wahoo, Nebraska
8.b. preceded in death by: Son: L. Scott Lindeblad died Nov. 15, 2002
8.c. Immediate survivors:
Husband: Gordon L. Lindeblad, Topeka, KS
Daughter: Gretchen Samuelson, Topeka, KS
Daughter: Cindy Rooney, Topeka, KS
8 Grandchildren
9. Service time, day, date, place: Services will be at 11:00 am, Thursday, January 16, 2003 at Trinity
Lutheran Church.
10. Burial: Graveside services at 2:30 pm at Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kansas
11. Visitation times, place: The family will receive friends from 7-8 pm Weds at Trinity Lutheran Church .
12. Vigil, wake, rosary, other:
13. Memorial contributions, if any: Trinity Lutheran Church, 731 SW Buchanan, Topeka 66606
14. Funeral home in charge: Newcomer Family Funeral Home, 4020 SW 6th Ave., Topeka, Kansas 66606
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