Ruth Dittes Blackstad, 80, of Lakeville, died Monday, July 28, 2008, at Fairview Ridges Hospital, Burnsville.
Surviving are her husband, Charles Blackstad, Lakeville; three daughters, Barbara (Bruce) Fenske, New Ulm, Charlotte (Stephen) Miller, Burnsville, and Nancy Loreck Seher, Toronto, Ont.; two sisters; and four grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Morris Nilsen Chapel, 6527 South Portland Ave., Richfield, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Grace Lutheran Church of Apple Valley, 7800 County Road 42.
The service will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Grace Lutheran Church of Apple Valley. Burial will be in Lebanon Cemetery.
