ELLINGSON, Barbara 1880-1939

ELLINGSON, THORSON, OOGE

Posted By: Karen L. Robertson (email)
Date: 2/2/2010 at 20:12:31

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MRS. ELLINGSON WAS TAKEN ILL 2 MONTHS AGO IN MINNEAPOLIS

ST. ANSGAR -- Mrs. Barbara Ellington, 58, died Thursday morning at the home of her son, Walter, at Northwood, where she had been the past two weeks.

Mrs. Ellingson was taken sick while visiting her daughter in Minneapolis two months ago. She was then taken to Rochester where she remained several weeks.

Surviving are her children, Walter of Northwood, Leland and Benford of Carpenter, Victor, Glen and Larrie of St. Ansgar, and Mrs. Grace Ossie of Minneapolis.

Her husband preceded her in death two years ago. The funeral arrangements are incomplete.

[Mason City Globe Gazette, Fri. July 28, 1939]

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NORTHWOOD, IOWA -— Funeral services for Mrs. Barbara Ellingson, 58, who died Wednesday night at the home of her son, Walter Ellngson, in Northwood, will be held Sunday afternoon at the Ellingson farm home near Carpenter and at the Lutheran Church at St. Ansgar. Burial will be in the St. Ansgar Cemetery.

Attempts are being made to contact the Rev. A. J. Tolo, pasor o£ the Norwegian Lutheran
Church, Northwood, who is away on a vacation but who is expected home late Friday, to arrange for him to conduct the services as the Rev. Mr. Langchough, Pastor of the St. Ansgar church, is also away on a vacation and is so far he could not reach home in time to serve.

Mrs. Ellingson had been in poor health for several months and had submitted to a major operation the later part of June.

Five sons and two daughters survive. Her husband died August 5, 1937.

[Mason City Globe-Gazette - Friday, July 28, 1939]

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Funeral services were conducted last Sunday afternoon from the First Lutheran church, St. Ansgar for Mrs. Barbara Ellingson, who died at the home of her son, Walter at Northwood, July 26, 1939.

Barbara Thorson Ellingson was born at St. Ansgar, Iowa, August 14, 1880, and was both baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith in the First Lutheran church in St. Ansgar by the Rev. Olson.

Her girlhood days were spent in the St. Ansgar vicinity where she received her grade school education and later attended the Seminary at Nora Springs.

In 1898 she was united in marriage to Gunder Ellingson by Rev. Olson. Her husband preceded her in death by two years. After their marriage they moved to the homestead owned by Mr. Ellingson's father, but which they later purchased and made their home until shortly before Mr. Ellingson's death. The place is now operated by a son, Leland.

Later Mrs. Ellingson purchased a home in St. Ansgar where she lived until about six weeks ago. On June 19 she went to Rochester for a medical examination and on June 24th submitted to a gall bladder operation when it was discovered that there was a cancerous condition for which there was no cure. She remained at the hospital until July 1, at which time she was taken by ambulance to the home of her son, at Northwood where she remained under a nurse's care until the time of her death, July 26, 1939.

Mrs. Ellingson was a kind and devoted mother, always forgetting about herself and thinking of the welfare of others. She was devoted to her religion, and even though she knew death was near, she had no fear of its coming, but looked forward to going "Home" to be reunited in soul and spirit with her husband for whom she had grieved greatly.

Mrs. Ellingson is survived by her seven children; Glenn, Lorry, Leland and Benford of Carpenter; Mrs. Grace Ooge of Minneapolis; Walter of Northwood and Victor of St. Ansgar. She also leaves three sisters and one brother; Blance, Helen, Clara and Henry Thorson of St. Ansgar, besides a host of other relatives and friends.

[St. Ansgar Enterprise]