Background
Lunde, Ruth Nelson was born on January 29, 1914 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of O. Christian Nelson and Betsy Julie Munson.
Lunde, Ruth Nelson was born on January 29, 1914 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of O. Christian Nelson and Betsy Julie Munson.
Degree, La Crosse State Teachers College, 1934. Degree, University Wisconsin, 1936.
Assistant library Employers Mutual Insurance Library., Wausau, Wisconsin, 1936—1937. Head social science Rockford (Illinois) Public Library., 1962—1984, retired, 1984. Teacher genealogy Rock Valley College, Rockford, 1970—1982.
Active Boy Scouts American, Peoria, Illinois, 1949—1952, Girl Scouts American, Rockford, 1952—1969. Member of Winnebago and Boone Counties Genealogy Society, American Association State and Local History, Rockford (Illinois) History Society, Swedish History Society, Illinois State Genealogical Society, Sons Norway.
Married Olav Benjamim Lunde, June 12, 1937 (deceased December 20, 1973). Children: Stanley, Richard, Stephen(deceased), Betsy.