Lillian Eldora (Haugen) SEVERSON

SEVERSON, HAUGEN, GUNDERSON, GRUNDERSON, MORGAN, SCHLECHT, HAUGLAND, GELDAKER, SHELLY, PEDERSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/6/2007 at 11:25:08

March 11, 2003

Lillian Eldora Severson, 89, died on Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at the Belmond Health Care Center. Funeral services were held on Saturday, March 8, at the St. Olaf Lutheran Church near Belmond, with Rev. Lowell H. Halvorson officiating. Interment was in the Belmond Cemetery. Music was provided by Carol Severson, organist and Andrea Christians, soloist. Ushers were Clifford Toft and Alfred Johnson. Casket bearers were John Haugen, Joe Haugen, Laura Haugen, Jim Haugen, Ila Haugen and Scott Severson. Honorary bearers were the St. Olaf Ladies Altar Guild members.

Lillian Eldora Haugen, the daughter of John and Christina (Pederson) Haugen, was born on September 1, 1913, and baptized and confirmed at Plaza, North Dakota. Lillian attended the Hiddenwood Rural Schools in Makoti, North Dakota. In 1929, she moved to Belmond and was employed doing general housekeeping. She later worked for many years at McBride's Bakery. Lillian married Sanford Severson on December 30, 1935 in Northwood. The couple farmed in the Belmond area until 1976 when they moved into town. Lillian was known for her friendly smile and quiet, compassionate personality. She was a member of the St. Olaf Lutheran Church, where she had taught Sunday School, had been an advisor for Luther League for a number of years, held offices in W.E.L.C.A., and was a member of the Altar Guild. She had been a volunteer at the Belmond Health Care Center. Lillian and Sanford enjoyed traveling and had been on many trips to Seattle, Hawaii, Norway, and many other places. She had been a resident of the care center since January 1999.

She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Olga Haugland, Borghild Geldaker and Jennie Shelly; and brothers, Chester, Trygve, Harold, and Clifford. Surviving are her husband; son, Larry (Carol) Severson of Belmond; grandson, Scott Severson of Belmond; and sisters, Berniece Grunderson of MacIntosh, Minnesota, Esther Morgan of Phoenix, Arizona and Doris Schlecht of Seattle, Washington.

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