ELLINGSON, Esther 1918-2008

ELLINGSON

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 5/8/2010 at 16:38:37

Esther Gnore Ellingson

Visitation:
February 12, 2008
600 5th Street
Kensett, Iowa

Service:
February 12, 2008
600 5th Street
Kensett, Iowa

Esther Gnore Ellingson, 89, of Kensett, resident of the Lutheran Retirement Home in Northwood, died Thursday, February 7, 2008, at the Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 12, 2008, at the Bethany Lutheran Church, Kensett, with Reverend Tom Martin officiating. Burial will be in the Kensett Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service time on Tuesday at the church.

The family of Esther Ellingson has requested that memorial contributions be made to the Esther Ellingson memorial fund in her memory.

Conner Colonial Chapel, 1008 First Ave. South, Northwood, is in charge of the arrangements.

Esther Gnore Ellingson was born on June 14, 1918, in Danville Township, Worth County, Iowa, the daughter of Gilbert “Gibby” and Elma (Bakken) Olson. She was baptized in the Elk Creek Lutheran Church, and reaffirmed the faith of her baptism through confirmation in the Elk Creek Lutheran Church, rural Kensett. She received her education in the Danville Township rural school. Esther had a variety of employments which included in her early years, riding horses taking care of her neighbors sheep, working for the owner’s of Damon’s Department Store in Mason City, in their home, and before and after her marriage she worked at Schmidt’s Grocery Store in Northwood, which also included working in the Schmidt Home, and in her early 70’s, she delivered newspapers with her sister-in-law Marie Ellingson.

She was united in marriage to Lawrence Ellingson on June 14, 1942, in Albert Lea, Minnesota.

She enjoyed vegetable gardening, her stories on television, was a fanatic for exercising, having morning coffee with her friends in Kensett, loved animals, and reading her Bible and Prayer Books.

She was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church and the Mary’s Circle in Kensett.

Left to cherish her memory is her daughter; Violet (Tom) Walk of Grafton, grandchildren; Scott and Michael Walk of Grafton, Wendy (Kris) Haugebak of Leland, Dawn (Karl) Westrum of Rake, Michelle (Steve) Aukes of Box Elder, South Dakota, and Samantha (Derek) Friest of Mason City, great-grandchildren; Andrew, Erin, and Tyler Aukes, Amanda and Jessica Westrum, Jeremiah Haugebak, and Joshua and Jacob Crowder, one great-great-grandson; Dylan Aukes, a daughter-in-law; Linda Ellingson of Lake Mills, a foster brother; Claire Torgerson of Michigan, and two four legged grandsons; Brutus and Spencer, as well as many extended family members and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Lawrence Ellingson, who died on June 1, 1978; a son, John Ellingson, who died on March 5, 2001; and her brothers and sisters: Clifford, Claude, Hazel, Gail, and Delmer.

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