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Ruth Doreen (Painter) Henrikson, the daughter of Preston and Marion (Cranston) Painter, was born September 13, 1951, in Belle Fourche, South Dakota. She loved ranch work beside her father and brothers, yet she won a Betty Crocker Award for her cooking. She took a degree in art and mathematics at Chadron State College, married Lee Howard Henrikson in 1976, and taught art, ceramics, and mathematics at Ben Lomond High School in Ogden, Utah, for more than twenty years. She and Lee raised seven children. Ruth died at home on June 1, 2026.
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