Genevieve Ring, 83, died on Thursday, October 31, 2002 at Pioneer Memorial Home in Erskine, MN.

Funeral services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, November 3, 2002 at Johnson-Green Funeral Home in Thief River Falls, MN with Reverend David Pretty officiating. Burial will be in Geneva Cemetery in Alexandria, MN on Monday, November 4, 2002 at 12:30 PM.

Visitation will be on Sunday from 10:00 A.M to 2:00 P.M. at the Johnson-Green Funeral Home in Thief River Falls.

Genevieve K. Erickson was born November 12, 1918 in Alexandria, MN, the daughter of Gust and Christine (Severson) Erickson. Genevieve lived in Nelson, MN where she attended Elementary School and graduated from Alexandria High School. She was baptized into the Lutheran faith in 1984 at Nazareth Lutheran Church in Holt, MN.

She worked as a caterer with her sister, Lorraine and also managed her fathers grocery store in Nelson, MN in 1953. Genevieve worked at Midway Hospital in St. Paul, MN as a Nurses Aid until 1982. On July 1, 1982 she was united in marriage to Lawrence Ring in Alexandria, MN. The couple lived in Thief River Falls and Genevieve moved into Pioneer Memorial Care Center in Erskine, MN in September of 2002.

She enjoyed writing letters, baking, fishing and loved to visit and have coffee with her friends and neighbors.

Survived by husband, Lawrence, Thief River Falls, MN; one sister, Mary Ann Anderson, Cambridge, MN; sisters-in-law: Eleanor Erickson, Erma Erickson and Kathy Erickson, all Alexandria, MN and Jane (Byron) Sagmoen, Thief River Falls, MN; and several nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by parents; two sisters: Mildred and Lorraine and three brothers: Clarence, Vernon and Gordon.