Ruth Elaine Kammen Knepper, 75

Prineville, Ore. -Ruth Elaine Kammen Knepper lost her courageous battle with cancer and received her calling from God to be by his side on March 9, 2020. Heaven got brighter; Earth became dimmer.

Ruth was born September 9, 1944, the third child of Sigurd and Thelma (Hegstad) Kammen, in Roseau. She lived on a farm outside of Badger, and attended school in Badger until the death of her father on January 20, 1957. She and her mother moved to Warroad where Ruth graduated high school. She then went on to the Minnesota School of Business and married Robert Kreklau in 1964. She worked in the Theatric...