Born ‎11 Sep 1930 Forest Prairie Township, Meeker County, Minnesota, died ‎19 Dec 2017 Watkins, Meeker County, Minnesota‎, age 87 years, buried Eden Valley, Meeker County, Minnesota, ‎1st married/ related to: Male Bofenkamp, ‎2nd marriage to: John Jack "(null)" Ruhland
Eden Valley - Katherine "Kaye" T. Ruhland, 87, died at Hilltop Care Center on December 18, 2017. A visitation will be held from 1-5 PM on Saturday, December 23 at the Gethsemane Chapel, Hilltop Care Center, 410 Luella St., Watkins,MN. Prayers will be held at 4:30 PM. A meal will be served at the Eden Lakeside following the visitation. Interment will be at the the family burial plot at St. Peter's cemetery in Eden Valley.

Kaye was born on September 11, 1930 on the family farm in Manannah Township to Thomas and Edna (Martin) Tintes. She graduated from Eden Valley High School in 1948. She attended the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul from 1948 to 1951 and studied English and Spanish. She married John J. "Jack" Ruhland on October 13, 1951 at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Eden Valley.

Kaye dedicated her life to being a homemaker. She is survived by her children, Douglas (Diane) of Eden Valley, Paula of Mpls, John M. (Sandy) of Mpls, Patrick (Joyce) of Brooklyn Center, Andrea (Paul) Ruhland of Lakeville, Brenda (Brian) Bianchi of Austin, TX, Daniel of Roseville and James Bofenkamp of Coon Rapids, 15 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren, sister Marjorie "Peg" Beauchaine ,brother David Tintes, sisters-in-law Bernice Grabber-Tintes, Mary Lou Ruhland, Eileen Tintes and brothers-in-law George M. Ruhland and Roy Kalkbrenner. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband , Jack; siblings, Lois Thielen, Thomas Tintes, Laura Kalkbrenner and Peter Tintes, brothers-in-law, Jerry Thielen, James Beauchaine, Ervin Ruhland, Richard Ruhland, and James McIntyre and sisters-in-law Mary McIntyre, Bernice Johnson, Lavern Ruhland and Jean Ruhland.