Featured Article from The Gary Post-Tribune, dated May 4, 1978:
MRS. LINDSTROM, LONGTIME MILLER RESIDENT, DIES AT 90
Mrs. Ruth V. Lindstrom, 90, who was born and lived most of her life in Gary's Miller area, died Wednesday.
Born in Miller in 1888 before Gary was incorporated, Mrs. Lindsrom lived in that area all her life except for 13 years when she lived on a Minnesota farm. Her father, Peter Nicholson, was born in Sweden and came to Miller from Chicago after the fire of 1871. Her mother, Hannah Hasselgren, came to Miller from Sweden in 1881 at the age of 10.
Mrs. Lindstrom was married to her husband, Andrew, in 1905, and the couple had 10 children. A carpenter who was among the first to help build U.S. Steel Corp.'s Gary Works, Lindstrom died in 1957.
Mrs. Lindstrom was a member of Bethel Lutheran Church and had served as its Sunday School superintendent as a teacher there for many years. She also was a member of the church's Dorcas Society. She also was Miller's historian, and reporters and authors consulted her about Miller's pioneer days.
Survivors are four sons, Sigurd (Florence), Roy (Betty), and Sidney (Leona), all of Portage, and Norman (Betty) of Gary; two daughters, Edythe (Carl) Fleming and Ruth (Wally) McCormack, both of Portage; brothers Martin, Peter, and Edward Nicholson; sisters, Elfie Lindquist and Lillian Dahlin; 20 grandchildren; four step grandchildren; 31 great grandchildren and nine step great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by sons Lennert and Paul and daughters Edna Lindstrom and Viola Hess; brothers Adolph and Richard; and sister Esther (Howard).
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Bethel Lutheran Church in Miller. Burial will be in Miller Cemetery.
Visitation at the Lach Funeral Home, 6121 Miller Avenue, Gary, is from 2 to 5 pm and 7 to 9 pm today and Friday.
Memorial gifts may be made to Bethel Lutheran Church.