Ruth Serene Aamoth Thomack, 88, of Monroe, Mich., formerly of Litchfield, Ill., passed away into the joy and peace of her Lord on Oct. 16, 2014 at 6:56 a.m. in The Lutheran Home in Monroe. She was born on April 10, 1926 in St. Paul, Minn., a daughter of Walter I. and Mabel S. Onsgaard Aamoth. Ruth graduated from St. Olaf College in 1948 with a bachelor of arts degree in sociology and religion. She married Alwin W. Thomack on June 25, 1948 in Our Savior’s Lutheran Church on Iola, Wis. She supported her husband through seminary and served a long side him in seven different Lutheran churches throughout the Midwest. Their last parish was Trinity Lutheran in Litchfield, Ill. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Litchfield. He preceded her in death on Sept. 26, 2009. Ruth was a dedicated homemaker and mother of five. She is survived by four sons, Luther Thomack and wife Barbara, Walter Thomack and wife Yvonne, John Thomack ’78 and wife Colette, and Ernest Thomack ’80 and wife Jan; one daughter, Ruth Phillips and husband John; one sister, Elizabeth Stadem; 12 grandchildren, Rachel Zapata, Nathan, Sarah, Andrew, Timothy, and Anna Thomack, and Lisa, Joel, Kimberly, Etenesh, Emebet, and Rebecca Phillips; and two great-grandsons, James and Peter Thomack. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brother, Robert Aamoth ’48; sister, Marie Sleeper; and granddaughter, Christina Windoffer. The family suggests memorials to The Lutheran Hour or Board for Mission Services of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.