Holmberg, Gertrude Esther (Elsel) -- 1916 - 2011

HOLMBERG, SPRINGHORN, ELSEL, KOEHLER, STARENKO, GILLMAN, WORCESTER

Posted By: Bill Waters (email)
Date: 5/31/2012 at 19:10:19

Gertrude E. “Tudy” Holmberg, age 94, of Decorah, IA, died Sunday, March 6, 2011 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah.

Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at First Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. Marion Pruitt-Jefferson officiating. Private Family Burial is at Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah.

Gertrude Esther Holmberg was born April 19, 1916 in Mapleton, Minnesota, the daughter of Paul and Fredrika (Springhorn) Elsel. She attended elementary school in Mapleton, Minnesota and graduated from Mapleton High School with the class of 1933.

Tudy was united in marriage to Ralph E. Holmberg on November 14, 1937 at the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Henderson, Minnesota.

Tudy worked with her husband in their family business, Holmberg & Erickson Meat Market in Decorah for many years. She was a member of First Lutheran Church in Decorah.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, Ralph, on December 15, 2003.

Tudy is survived by her nephews and nieces: James Koehler of Port Washington, WA; Marilyn (Ralph) Starenko of Evanston, IL, Tom Gillman of Palm Desert, CA, Jay (Marlene) Gillman of Killeen, TX, Erik (Diane) Gillman of Gilbert, AZ, Mark Worcester of Decorah and Laurie Worcester of Decorah.

Source: Fjelstul Funeral Home Database

Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa
 

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