Ruth Rono

Ruth was born to Fred and Josephine (Hillesheim) Mickelson on May 25, 1921. She grew up on a farm near Leavenworth and later moved with the family North of Sleepy Eye. She attended school in Sleepy Eye. She married the love of her life, Jim Rono on November 4, 1946. Together they shared 27 years of marital bliss. She lost Jim in 1974. Ruth had a caring friendly personable spirit that will be missed be her family and friends. Ruth M. Rono passed on from our world on June 26, 2007. She had been a resident at Divine Providence Community Home since January 2006. She was 86 years old. She is survived by her children - JoAnn Studer and special friend Gary Mogren of Hugo, MN, Doug Rono and wife Kim of New Ulm, and Jean Soukup and husband Joe of Sleepy Eye; grandchildren - Nicole Haas of Cottonwood, AZ, Alison Rono of St. Cloud, and Garett Soukup of Sleepy Eye; great grandchildren- Aaron Nickolas Haas; and sisters - Esther Greenberg of Morgan and Mary Hacker of Evan. She is preceded in death by her parents - Fred and Josephine Mickelson; husband Jim Rono; sisters - Lucille Mickelson and Rose Reiner; brothers - Frederick and Joe Mickelson; brothers-in-law - Sylvester Rono, Fritz Reiner, and Lowell Greenberg; son-in-law -Gene Studer; and a grandson - Thor Haas and a still born son of Joe Jean Soukup.