KLEMESRUD, Eleanor Helene Ingeborg 1910-2004

KLEMESRUD, MAAKESTAD

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/19/2009 at 14:07:26

OSAGE, IOWA — Eleanor Helene Ingeborg Klemesrud, 93, of Osage and formerly of Minneapolis, Minn., died Tuesday (Oct. 12, 2004) at Faith Lutheran Home in Osage.

Eleanor was born Nov. 11, 1910, on the family farm in West Cedar Township, Mitchell County, near Nora Springs. She was named for her mother, Ingeborg Severina Maakestad Klemesrud, who was also born in Iowa. Eleanor’s father, Harald K. Klemesrud, immigrated to the USA from Valdres, Norway, in 1866, at the age of seven. Eleanor was baptized on Jan. 15, 1911, by Rev. J.A. Urness at Rock Creek Lutheran Church, and was confirmed on May 25, 1924, by the Rev. O.C. Myhre. Eleanor attended West Cedar Township No. 3 rural school, graduated from Osage High School in 1928, and continued her education in stenography at Hamilton Business College in Mason City.

She had a lifelong career of housekeeping and kitchen work in many states. Eleanor also worked at Major Erickson Funeral Home in Mason City, and worked as a cook at Fuller Seminary in California. In the 1940s, she moved to Winnetka, Ill., and was employed at the Hearthstone Tea Room in Evanston, Illinois. In 1951, she moved to Minneapolis, Minn., where she was employed by the Minneapolis Gas Co., working for 17½ years in their home service department, retiring in 1974. After her retirement, she was very active in mission work through her church, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.

On March 16, 1999, she moved to the Faith Lutheran Home in Osage, to be near her family and friends, at which time she rejoined Rock Creek Lutheran Church.

Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Rock Creek Lutheran Church, 3269 Foothill Ave., Osage, with the Rev. R. Dawson Tornes officiating. Interment will be in the Rock Creek Cemetery. There will be visitation from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Saturday before services at the church.

She is survived by a brother, Lorin Klemesrud of Osage; three nephews, Robert Klemesrud and wife, Joan, of Osage; Kent Klemesrud Daly and wife, Carrie, of Watsonville, Calif.; and Tom Klemesrud of Thompson; two nieces, Cleone Weaverling and husband, John, of Osage; and Mary Lou Dean and husband, Richard, of Osage; and numerous great-nieces and nephews

She was preceded in death by her parents; an infant brother, Omar; three sisters, Cora, Lillie and Ruth; and four brothers, Herbert, Clarence, Olaf, and Theodore (Ted).

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, (641) 732-3706.

[Mason City Globe Gazette]