Ovedia Rust
Services for Ovedia Rust will be at 11 a.m. Friday, May 31, at Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne. The Rev. Dell Sanderson will officiate. Burial will be in Grand Prairie Cemetery in Ellsworth.
Ovedia Rust, 98, Albert Lea, formerly of Luverne, died Sunday, May 26, 2002, at Thorne Crest South Nursing Home in Albert Lea.
Ovedia Martin was born to Micheal and Bertha (Olson) Martin on April 1, 1904, on a farm in Westside Township, Nobles County. She attended country school in Westside Township. In 1919 she moved to Luverne with her parents and attended Luverne school.
She married Harvey George Rust on Nov. 7, 1928. They later divorced in 1956. She cared for her invalid mother for 19 years. After her mother passed away she worked at CreegerÕs for 12 years, until retiring.
Ms. Rust was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne.
Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Beverly LaVonne and Myron O. Clercx, Owatonna; three grandchildren, Steven Neal (Arnette) Clercx, Vicki Lea (Stephen) Malone, and Julie Lynn Clercx; and four great-grandchildren, Jessica Malone, Sean Malone, Shannon Malone and Larissa Malone.
Ms. Rust was preceded in death by her parents, seven sisters and four brothers.
Dingmann Funeral Home, Luverne, is in charge of arrangements.