A gathering of friends and family will be on Thursday, December 10, from 3-8 pm, at Ballard-Sunder Funeral and Cremation 4565 Pleasant Street SE, Prior Lake and starting at 9:30 am prior to Mass at church. A Mass of Christian Burial will be on Friday, December 11, at 11 am, at St. Michael Catholic Church 16311 Duluth Street, Prior Lake, MN. Father Tom Walker will preside. Pall bearers will be Ryan Sondrup, Ryan Kinsella, Jeff Hentges, Joe Heins, Sonja Moore and Kathy Stenberg. Ruth will be laid to rest at St. Michael’s Catholic Cemetery, Prior Lake, MN.