Pearl Ida Rutschow March 27, 1919 - March 9, 2005

Pearl Ida Rutschow of Sisters died on March 9. She was 85.

She was born March 25, 1919, in Winona, Minnesota, to parents Frederick and Jesse (Gaeble) Bauer

She married Charles Rutschow on May 17, 1941, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

She worked for Mondovi Lutheran Home in Mondovia, Wisconsin, as a nurse administrator. She moved to Sisters in 1997.

She enjoyed reading, knitting and traveling.

She is survived by her daughter Jane Kirkpatrick of Moro, Oregon; son Craig Rutschow of Redwing, Minnesota; brother Stanley Bauer of Crystal, Minnesota; sisters Fern Griffen of Shell Lake, Wisconsin and Corrine Kronen of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Her husband, a daughter and a brother preceded her in death.

She was laid to rest at Camp Polk Cemetery on March 18.