Inez Ruth Tongen was born September 15, 1894, to Peter and Anna (Stevens) Isaacs of Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed at Bethlehem Church by Rev. Oppedahl. On December 23, 1916, she was united in marriage to Jim Tongen of Hazel Run. To this union five sons were born, namely, Lucius of Clarkfield, Minnesota, Jerold, who was killed on Negro's Island in World War II, Harlan of Hopkins, Minnesota, Willard of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, and Omar of Boyd, Minnesota. The family farmed in the Hazel Run, Montevideo and Milan areas. After the death of her husband in 1964, she lived in Clarkfield a number of years and then moved to Brookside Manor in Montevideo. After a few months, her health began to fail and she moved to the Clarkfield Care Center. She passed away at the Clarkfield Hospital November 21, 1971, after being hospitalized for two months, at the age of 77 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim; her parents; one son, Jerold; and one brother, Ernest. She leaves to mourn her passing, four sons; seventeen grandchildren; three great grandchildren; three brothers: Alvin of Clarkfield, Murl of Hazel Run, and Reed of California; four sisters: Cynthia (Mrs. August Tongen) of Montevideo, Gladys (Mrs. Raymond Dotseth) of Clarkfield, Myrtle (Mrs. Hewitt Smith) of Yuma, Arizona, and Genevieve (Mrs. Robert LaCount) of Jamacia; and a number of nieces and nephews. IN MEMORY OF MRS. JIM TONGEN Born September 15, 1894 Passed away November 21, 1971 Funeral Services Friday, November 26, 1971, 2:00 p.m. Hazel Run Lutheran Church, Hazel Run, Minnesota Officiating, Rev. E. T. Fyrand Organist, Mrs. Duane Jacobson Vocal Music Mrs. Norman Vagle Mrs. Lyman Ellingson "Ivory Places" "Under His Wings" Casket Bearers Danny Tongen ~ Jerald Tongen Duane Tongen ~ Wayne Tongen Galen Tongen ~ Wayne Virkus Final Resting Place Hazel Run Lutheran Cemetery Hazel Run, Minnesota Arrangements by Lynner Funeral Home since 1891 Clarkfield, Minnesota