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Kristin Pottruff
Born 1888 — Died 1958
Kristin Pottruff was born in
Winipeg, November 5, 1888. Her
parents were Olof and Christian
Olafson.
“Stina” as she was known to
hermany friends was married to
Wallace Pottruff on June 7, 1916.
He died on March 1, 1953 — and
Stina passed away after a lengthy
illness on Februray 11, 1958.
She is survived by three children,
Jean; Mrs. Jas. D. Gordon and
Wallace, both of W i n n i p e g,
Douglas in Romulus, Mich., and
three grandchildren. Her sisters,
Kristjana, and Sally (Mrs. Elmer
Johnson) of Romulus, Mich., and
stepmother, Mrs. Gerda Olafson,
Winnipeg, and half sister, Mrs. W. A. Lippman of Eugene, Oregon;
and brother Harold Olafson, Smyrna, Tennessee.
Stina was a life-long member of the First Lutheran Church,
Winnipeg, and a very active member of the Women’s Association
as long as her health permitted.
Her funeral service was concluded by Dr. V. J. Eylands fi'om
Bardal Funeral Parlors, and burial in the family plot in Brookside
Cemetery.
—N. Thordarson