Lillian Marie Ellingson 1942 - 2017

ELLINGSON, EDWARDS, SCOTT

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 2/8/2017 at 14:19:04

Sioux City Journal
1 February 2017

SIOUX CITY | Lillian M. Ellingson, of Carrington and West Fargo, N.D., formerly of Sioux City, died on Dec. 28, 2016, at her home in West Fargo, surrounded by her loved ones.

Services were held Jan. 3 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Carrington. Burial was in Carrington Cemetery.

Lillian Marie Scott was born on July 15, 1942, in Sioux City, the daughter of Lester and Jessie (Edwards) Scott. She was the youngest of seven children.

She raised six children from her first marriage in both Sioux City and Courtenay, N.D. On Feb. 14, 1981, she was united in marriage to Arvid Ellingson at Trinity Lutheran Church in Carrington. They resided in Carrington until 2012, when they moved to West Fargo.

Lillian will be remembered for her many volunteer service hours. She will be remembered most for the hundreds of knitted hats she donated to various charities and organizations.

She will be deeply missed by her husband, Arvid of Carrington; children, Fred Tanata of Carrington, Kim (Jeff) Krei of West Fargo, Debbie (Steve) Busche of Kindred, N.D., Julie (Charles) Krabbenhoft of Fargo, and Scott Tanata of Carrington; her many grandchildren and great-grandchildren; one sister, Darlene Maloney of Shreveport, La.; and many nieces and nephews.

Lillian was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Dick; and her sisters, Neoma, Norma, Mary, and Bonnie. She also lost her beloved, youngest child, Krista.