Loftus, Ruth Margarette

My life in a nut shell: I worked for 25 years as a secretary, was married for 51 years, raised two sons and retired in 1979.

We moved to McGregor, Minnesota, which is in the northern part of the state, where we had a weekend cabin and built a beautiful home using part of our beloved cabin. We lived there until 1995 when we moved closer to town due to my husband's health. We bought a smaller house built on five acres of wooded land. We were constantly visited by deer, racoons, rabbits, squirrels and an occassional wolf during the winter months.

My husband, Arne, died in 2002. I have remai...