Ruth Esther Selent, 88

Ruth Esther Selent, loved mother and grandmother, 88 years old, was born in eastern Germany on Jan. 3, 1933, to Otto and Eugenia Krueger. Ruth passed away in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, on Dec. 16, 2021.

She is survived by her son, Chuck Selent of Rathdrum, Idaho; a sister, Edith Teichmuller of Riverside, Calif.; and granddaughter Tamara Selent of Post Falls. She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Rudolf Selent in 2013. 

Ruth immigrated to the United States shortly after World War II as a displaced person/refugee status. It was on a troop transport ship coming to the U.S. that she first met her future husband, Rudy Selent. Ruth came to New York and settled in Brooklyn, N.Y., with her mother, father, sister and brother.  

She married in 1956 moving to Cleveland, Ohio, where her only child and son Charles was born in 1957. In 1961, the young family moved to Southern California where they made their home and lived until 1979. They then packed up their belongings on a trailer and headed to Idaho where they bought property and built a log home to fulfill their dream of living in the country.

They moved to near Bonners Ferry in Boundary County, Idaho, and settled on their dream and forever home on 10 acres, having a massive garden, goats and chickens. Ruth’s hobbies were her home, sewing, cooking, caning, and baking amazing cakes and pastries, her garden and animals. She loved animals of all kinds and even tamed the local deer that would come and eat out of her hands. They were her “Bambies.”

She loved Jesus and in her later days would long to “go home” and would express that often, which for her was heaven. She was a very spiritual person which also was very much her reality and permeated everything she did and talked about. She longed to be reunited with her husband Rudy again, her parents and siblings where everyone would be healthy and happy once more.

Rest in peace, loving mother, wife and grandmother, until we all meet again.