ENGEBRETSON, Edna Sophia (THOMPSON)

THOMPSON, ENGEBRETSON, GUTTORMSON, TUTTLE, LAW, SABINE, ODONNEL, VOORTMANN, MALEK, HALVORSEN, VLEKEBERG, CASSOM

Posted By: Sharon R. Becker (email)
Date: 11/23/2017 at 22:13:30

Obituary ~ Edna Sophia (Thompson) Engebretson
May 12, 1918 ~ May 07, 2008

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
May 10, 2008

CLEAR LAKE, IA -- Edna Sopia (Thompson) Engebretson, 89, 216 7th Ave N., Clear Lake, IA, died Wednesday May 7th, 2008 at Oakwood Care Center, Clear Lake, IA.

A funeral service will be held Monday, May 12,1:30 PM at Zion Lutheran Church, 112 N. 4th St., Clear Lake, IA. with Rev. Dean Hess officiating. This will be a Celebration of her Life, as it would have been her 90th birthday. Interment will be at Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City, IA. Visitation will be held Sunday, from 2:00 – 4:00 PM at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel. Memorials may be given to the Edna Engebretson Memorial Fund.

Edna was born May 12, 1918, in Ridgeway, IA, the daughter of Sander and Ellen Matilda (Guttormson) Thompson. She graduated from Cresco high School in 1936. She worked for a grocery store in Ridgeway where she met Clifford Engebretson. They married February 21, 1950 in Decorah They moved to Clear Lake, where she worked for Ted’s Super Value, Jensen’s Grocery Store and other grocery stores in the area.

Edna worked for Clear Lake Bank and Trust as a bookkeeper for 15 years following her retirement, she then worked part time at the Clear Lake Variety Store on Main St.

Edna enjoyed doing crafts and sewing. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, where she taught Sunday School and was a member of ladies circle. She was also a member of Rebeka Lodge 105.

Edna is survived by her four children Gary Engebretson and his wife Lára, Shepherds Town, VA, Tom Tuttle and his wife Mary, Alameda, CA, Robert Engebretson and his wife Sarah, Clear Lake, IA and Dennis Engebretson, Garner, IA; 15 grandchildren Allen (Lon) Engebretson, Janet (Bruce) Law, David Engebretson, Margie (Steve) Sabine, Denise (Kevin) O’Donnel, Bobbie Jo Engebretson, Michael (Sheri) Voortmann, James (Tammie) Voortmann, Robert (Sarah) Engebretson Jr., Ryan Engebretson, Dennis Engebretson Jr., Michael (Tina) Engebretson, Shanda Malek, Derrick (Katie) Halvorsen and Trisha Engebretson; twenty two great grandchildren; four great-great grandchildren; sister-in-law Katie Thompson, Ridgeway, IA and an aunt Ruth Vlekeberg, Decorah, IA..

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Clifford November 16, 1988, one brother Marvin Thompson and sister Junice Cassom.

Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake, IA 50428 (641)357-2193 www.colonialchapels.com

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, November of 2017