Ruth Alice (Tande) Dronen

Ruth Alice ( Tande) Dronen, 94, of Bella Vista, Ark., died Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, at Circle of Life Hospice in Bentonville.

She was born April 12, 1926, in Scobey, Mont., to B.O. Tande and Marie (Swenson) Tande. She was raised in Scobey and Aneta, N.D. She graduated from the University of North Dakota (Grand Forks) in 1957. She married Maurice Carter Dronen June 11, 1950, in Aneta and once he graduated from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minn., they moved to Ellendale, Minn., where he was pastor of First Lutheran Church until retirement in 1980. She earned her master’s degree from Mankato State University and worked in occupational home economics. They moved to their retirement home in Bella Vista in 1990.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Maurice; parents; brother, Iver Tande; and sisters, Luella Lee Burros, Eunice Langhaug, Rachel Tande.

Survivors are one son, Christopher Dronen (Kathy Jursik) of Plymouth, Minn; daughter, Elyce Santerre (Phillip) of Chugiak, Alaska; and four grandchildren.

Visitation will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, and a service will follow at 2 p.m. at United Lutheran Church, 100 Cooper Road in Bella Vista with Pastor Karen Fowler-Lindemulder officiating. Burial will be at Bella Vista Memorial Garden Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Luther Seminary, 2481 Como Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108.

Condolences may be expressed at www.funeral mation.com.

Arrangements are by Bella Vista Funeral Home and Crematory.