Obituary

My grandmother's obituary ran in today's Washington Post. You'll have to scroll a ways down the page to read it, so I'll post it below:

Edna Collis Ravnholt

Assistant to Hubert Humphrey

Edna Collis Ravnholt, 72, who was office manager for Hubert H. Humphrey while he was vice president, during his Senate career and in the 1970s, died of kidney cancer Sept. 10 at her summer home in Luck, Wis., She lived in Kensington.

Mrs. Ravnholt began her career with Humphrey in 1963 and was also an assistant to Humphrey's widow, Sen. Muriel Humphrey (D-Minn.) during her time in office. Mrs. Ravnholt was office manager for Sen. Alan Cranston (D-Calif.) from 1968 to 1971. After Humphrey died in 1978, she was administrative assistant to Sen. J. James Exon (D-Neb.) She retired in 1991.

Mrs. Ravnholt was a native of Winchester, England. She moved to the United States in 1947 and settled initially in Wisconsin. Early on, she worked for the University of Minnesota Press and as a department store buyer.

Survivors include her husband of 53 years, Eiler C. Ravnholt of Kensington and Luck; four daughters, Elizabeth Zipser of Vienna, Ann Bokelman of Sandy Valley, Nev., Margrethe Ravnholt-Hankin of Bethesda and Jane Ellingson of Mankato, Minn.; and six grandchildren. A son, Christopher Ravnholt, died in 1988.