Leola J. Gruber, 92, Minneapolis, died Monday, September 5, 2016. She was born March 24, 1924 in Falun to Ernest and Alice (Walderstedt) Erickson.

Leola and Raymond J. Gruber were united in marriage on April 12, 1944. She was a homemaker and a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Salina.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 2001; infant son Lyall; and siblings Jerry, Erma Lou, and Virginia.

Survivors include her son Randy Gruber and wife Alice; daughter Tammy Melies; and a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren including Erin Trickle, Laura Trickle, Alyson Lister and husband Garrett, and Addyson McCall.

Funeral services will be at 10:00 A.M., Friday, September 9 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, 255 S. Seventh, Salina. Burial will be in Gypsum Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Thursday at Wilson Family Funeral Home, Minneapolis, where the family will receive friends from 6-8. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Immanuel Lutheran Church or the First Baptist Church, Minneapolis.