Ruth Cosline Rhynedance

Fairview ~ Ruth Cosline Hakanson Rhynedance, 91, passed away Thursday, November 29, 2012 at Fleshers Fairview Healthcare. Mrs. Rhynedance was born in Gouverneur, N.Y. to the late Hugh Lewis Cosline, Sr. and Hazel M. Wells Cosline. She was also preceded in death by her husbands, Walter Erling Hakanson and Harold Dexter Rhynedance, Jr. and a brother, Hugh Lewis Cosline, Jr. Mrs. Rhynedance graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in 1944. She was a member of Arden Presbyterian Church and a member of Chapter M of the Asheville P.E.O. Sisterhood. She is survived by her three children; two daughters, Ms. Patricia Wells Hakanson of Waxhaw, NC and Mrs. Karen Jeanne Schreiber and her husband, Kent of Danvers, MA and a son, Mr. Eric Walter Hakanson and his wife, Lisa of Gilroy, CA; one step-son, Mr. Harold Dexter Rhynedance III of Alexandria, VA; three grandchildren, Mrs. Kristin Sullivan and her husband, Jacob, Ms. Kimberly Schreiber and Master Thomas Martin Hakanson and one great grandchild, Ms. Ella Jeanne Sullivan. A celebration of Life service will be held Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 3:00 PM at Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian with Reverend Ken Crabb officiating. The family will receive friends following the service. Flowers are appreciated or memorial donations may be given to the P.E.O. Education Fund, P.E.O. Executive Office Treasurer's Dept, 3700 Grand Ave., Des Moines IA 50312 or to Arden Presbyterian Church "Mission Fund", 2215 Hendersonville Road, Arden, NC 28704.