Ruth M. (Mrs. Waino) Pulju, age 93, of Dundas, died on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at the Northfield Hospital.
   Funeral services will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church, Northfield, on Monday, December 15, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. with the Reverend Brent Klein officiating. Interment will be at Meadow Ridge Memorial Park, Faribault.
   Visitation will be at the Boldt Funeral Home, Faribault, on Sunday, Deccember 14th from 2 to 5 p.m. and also at the church on Monday for one hour prior to the service.
   Ruth M. Anhorn, the daughter of Anton and Ellen (Morsching) Anhorn, was born on August 3, 1915 in Steele County, MN. She married Waino H. Pulju on October 4, 1933 in Owatonna. He preceded her in death on September 13, 1998. Ruth was a housekeeper in several private homes in the Northfield area.
   She is survived by four children, Phillip (and Deloris) Pulju of St. Paul, Hazel (and Lewis) Schwanke of Nerstrand, George (and Pearl) Pulju of Maplewood and Dorothy (and Keith) DeMell of Key Largo, FL; 17 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren; two great, great grandchildren; two sisters, Doris Mechura of Faribault and Ursina Kern of Glendale, Oregon; and nieces, nephews and other relatives.
   She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Waino, two sons, Milford and Lester; one granddaughter; one grandson, Alan Schwanke; one brother, Wilbur Anhorn; and one sister, Marie Mechura.