Ruud 50th

RUUD 50th

Phil and Linda Ruud celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception, hosted by their children, for a close group of friends and family at the Pendleton (Ore.) Church on July 30, 2016.

Philip met Linda Magsulit while attending Walla Walla College (now Walla Walla University). They were married Aug. 28, 1966, at the First Methodist Church in Salem, Ore. They lived in College Place, Wash., while Phil finished his medical technology degree.

After finishing an internship in Portland, Ore., and graduating in August 1968, Phil was drafted into the U.S. Army in January 1969. Following the birth of Eric, their first child, Phil was sent to Vietnam in October 1969. Phil was based in Chu Lai, Vietnam, near Danang, until his honorable discharge in October 1970.

During this time Linda continued to raise their young family in Portland. Linda supported the family by working as a receptionist at a local doctor’s office. After the birth of their second child, Sean, the family was reunited in late 1970, and they made their home in Corvallis, Ore.

Shortly after their daughter, Karin, was born, they moved to Endicott, Wash., in eastern Washington to farm wheat. Later the family moved to Pendleton, where Phil took over his father’s hearing aid business, Ruud’s Hearing Aid Service, and Linda opened Memories Forever Gift Boutique. Though retirement is eminent, Phil and Linda continue to minister to the hearing needs of residents throughout Oregon and Washington.

The couple enjoys spending time with their children, grandchildren and extended families from the Pacific Northwest to Virginia and California to Panama. They also enjoy the ocean beaches, camping, traveling and singing with Inland NorthWest Musicians. They are certified in Disaster Relief with Adventist Community Services. While Linda enjoys needlework and making cards and Phil makes “Papa’s Pickles” and works on clocks, they revel in agate hunting and gardening together.

The Ruud family includes Eric and Heidi (Clendenon) Ruud of Yakima, Wash.; Sean and Lynda (Witzel) Ruud of Pendleton, Ore.; Karin and Ray Trees II of Walla Walla, Wash.; and 6 grandchildren.