Mass of Christian Burial for Rose Marie Eiden, 90, of Holdingford, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at Church of All Saints-St. Mary’s in Holdingford. Visitation was April 16 and will be one hour prior to Mass at the church April 17. Interment will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Holdingford.
Rose passed away April 11 at Country Manor in Sartell surrounded by her loving family. Rose was born April 2, 1934, in St. Anthony, Minnesota, to Louis and Monica (Finken) Ramacher. She attended school until the eighth grade in a two-room school house and then attended and graduated from Albany High School. After high school, Rose moved to Minneapolis and worked there for a short time. She married George Eiden Oct. 15, 1955, at St. Anthony Catholic Church in St. Anthony, making their home in Holdingford. Together, they raised seven children and built a successful commercial beekeeping business. While growing up, German was spoken in the home, and Rose became interested in studying the German language. She and George traveled to Germany to visit their daughter, Lottie, who was an exchange student there. While in Germany, they met and visited relatives and a fellow beekeeper, who visited them in Holdingford. Rose continued to study German so she could be grammatically correct when reading, speaking and writing the language. She and George frequently traveled to rural Alaska during summer months to visit Lottie’s family and friends. Rose loved spending time with her children and grandchildren.
She is survived by her loving husband of 68 years, George Eiden of Holdingford; children Norma (Ken Strom) Eiden of Sauk Rapids, Milton (Katie) Eiden of Holdingford, Ruby (Mike Lashinski) Eiden of Avon, Jorgen Eiden of Holdingford, Karl (Kim) Eiden of Monticello, Ryan (Kari) Eiden of Albany and Alaska; 12 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; and brother James (Jean) Ramacher of St. Anthony.
Rose was preceded in death by her daughter, Lottie, in 2017; and sister Shirley Schmidt in 2018.
