Sherman Adrian EKELAND

EKELAND, JOHNSON, WESTVOLD, ANDERSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/30/2006 at 01:14:13

Sherman Adrian Ekeland, 82, rural Belmond, passed away Thursday, January 13, 2005 at the Belmond Health Care Center. Funeral services were held Sunday, January 16th at the St. Olaf Lutheran Church, rural Belmond. Pastor Lowell H. Halvorson officiated at the 10:30 a.m. service. Burial was in the St. Olaf Lutheran Cemetery, rural Belmond.

Sherman Adrian Ekeland was born April 15,1922 in Kelly, Iowa, the son of Hans and Karina (Westvold) Ekeland. He was baptized in the Kelly Lutheran Church and confirmed at the Palestine Lutheran Church, Huxley. He graduated from the Kelly High School. In 1941, the family moved to a farm north of Clarion. On August 20, 1966, he and Gladys Anderson Johnson were united in marriage. Sherman was a member of the St. Olaf Lutheran Church were he served as a trustee and usher for many years. Sherman continued to farm until his health began to decline. Sherman enjoyed the simple life, being outdoors, farming and raising livestock, but most of all spending time with his family and friends. Because of Parkinson's disease, Sherman had resided at the Belmond Health Care Center for the last four years.

He is survived by his wife, Gladys; two stepsons, Edwin Johnson of Belmond and Alfred Johnson and his wife, Donna of Kanawha; five grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one brother, Erwin Ekeland and wife, Anita of Parker, Colorado; a sister-in-law, Tillie Ekeland of Newton, Kansas; a daughter-in-law, Ann Johnson of Belmond; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother, Joe Ekeland and a brother in infancy.

January 20, 2005
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