Ruth M. Larsen, formerly of Chicago, died in Carlsbad, Calif., Nov. 12, 2004. Born Oct. 6, 1920, to Arvid and Lillian Bergstrom, Ruth was brought up in a Swedish neighborhood of Chicago’s South Side and attended Calumet High School and the Univ. of Illinois. She married Denzil Barre in 1940. A former school teacher in the western suburbs, she later married in 1963 Carl W. Larsen, a well-known Chicago journalist. They retired to San Diego after living in Washington D.C. and San Francisco. Ruth leaves her daughter, Denruth Barre (Denis) Lougeay of Encinitas, CA; stepson Carl H.(Sharon) Larsen of San Diego, CA; stepson William (Catharine) Lockwood of DeRidder, LA; grandchildren are Stace (Suzanne) Lougeay of Carlsbad, CA; Gregg (Theresa) Lougeay of San Diego, CA; Erika (Brian) Wagner of Dyer, IN; Bryan Lockwood and Timothy Lockwood of DeRidder, LA; great-grandchildren are Kate, Brody and Alex Lougeay of Carlsbad. Services were held in San Diego. For more information contact: deneelou@cox.net.
