by Dennis Dalman
editor@thenewsleaders.com
A Watab Township man who was injured in an accident while riding his golf cart Oct. 18 died five days later at the St. Cloud Hospital.
Edward J. Ringwelski, 77, was riding his golf cart on West Lake Road near Little Rock Lake when, shortly after 3 p.m., his cart collided with a pickup that was backing out of a resident’s driveway. Ringwelski was critically injured and received life-saving support at the scene before being rushed via ambulance to St. Cloud Hospital. The accident happened not far from Hwy. 10 about four miles southeast of Rice.
The driver of the pickup was James Truwe, 45, Medina, who was not injured.
There was a Mass for Ringwelski Oct. 26 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Rice, followed by a burial service.
Ringwelski was born April 10, 1938 in Little Falls. He married Janet Kloss in 1972 in St. Paul and worked as a baker for 32 years at Tastee Bakery in St. Paul. He lived in the Rice area for 40 years and retired in 1991. He and Janet have two children: John and Beth, both of Rice. They have three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Ringwelski loved to fish, camp, jet-ski, go four-wheeling, bird-watch and ride his golf cart, often with his beloved dog, Sparky.
