Ruth and Oliver Wolner

Oliver Alexander Wolner of Saint James, Watonwan County, MN was born on May 30, 1903 to Caroline Olava (Hanson-Horgan) Wolner and Anton Martin Wolner. He had siblings Leon Christian Wolner, Laura Christine Wolner, Hilda Elise "Alice" Wolner, Otto August Wolner, Henry Walter Wolner, Anna Boletta Wolner, Martin Richard Wolner, Casper Bernhard Wolner, Borgil (Bonnie) Margaret Wolner, Genevieve Elvira (Wolner) Paul, and Thelma Eunice Wolner. He married Ruth Hildegard (Mossengren) Wolner, and they were married until death separated them on February 8, 1968. He had children Joyce Ruth Wolner, James Oliver Wolner, Joan Darlene Wolner, Gene David Wolner, Germaine Hilma Wolner, Joel Charles Wolner, Janet Andrea Wolner, Jane Mary Wolner, John Peter Wolner, Gary Dean Wolner, Robert Lee Wolner, Richard Dwight Wolner, Stephen Lynn Wolner, Mark Bradly Wolner, and Rebecca Marie Wolner. Oliver Wolner died at age 64 years old on February 8, 1968, and was buried at Oak Lawn Cemetery, in St. James,Minnesota.

My grandma Ruth was the sweetest, kindest woman you would ever want to meet. She was very family oriented. She loved to bake and cook. She would always bake bread and buns on Saturday mornings. If the grandkids where there she would make special cinnamon rolls or sticky buns. When staying over I would be awaken by the sound of her kneading the bread in the bowl and punching it down. Or the smell of the bread baking in the oven. She also would make home made bread and butter pickles that I adored. She knew how much I loved them so would usually send a jar home for me and my brothers to eat. I have such fond memories of time spent there with her. The sound of a Morning Dove always reminds me of her, for I would hear them in the mornings cooing as I woke. She loved to sing, you could hear her singing to songs of the time on the radio. I remember when she was going to go up town to go shopping she would say to me, I have to go get my Sunday go to meeting clothes on so I can go shopping. I miss her so much. She loved all of her children and grandchildren. She died shortly after her 86th birthday and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Saint James, Watonwan County, Minnesota, USA