Adeline J. Spain

Adeline Johanna Ruhnke Spain was born to Emil and Mathilda Ruhnke on January 24, 1918 at Springfield Township, Iowa. She graduated from Albert Lea High School. She married William Spain at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa in 1938. They were vegetable growers in Hollandale and enjoyed many trips to Lake of the Woods in pursuit of walleye. Addie enjoyed traveling in their motor home until her husband's death, and did volunteer work at St. John's where she enjoyed quilting and knitting. Survivors include her children, Ronald Sylvia Spain of Rochester, MN, Dennis Marilyn Spain of Shorewood, MN, Rebecca Michael Strange of Valencia, CA, and Steve Spain of Austin, MN; 4 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; sister, Marilyn Wolf of Chatsworth, CA; brothers-in-law, Ted Ruth Spain, Harry Kuiters of Albert Lea; sister-in-law, Thelma Ruhnke of Midland, TX; many nieces and nephews. Adeline was preceded in death by her parents; son, Dale; husband, William; sisters, Beatrice Weseman, Maxine Bredlow, Eunice Kuiters and brother, Wallace Ruhnke.