Maxine Almira (Ellingston) MICHELSON

MICHELSON, ULSTAD, ELLINGSTON, WAGNER, KLEINDL, BAILEY, CHRISTENSON, NELSON, HOPKEY

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/19/2007 at 20:37:45

Mason City Globe Gazette
01/13/1996

Maxine Almira (Ellingston) Michelson, 81, formerly of Belmond, died Tuesday (Dec. 26, 1995) at Burnett Medical Center Hospital, Grantsburg, Wis. Memorial services were held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 6, 1996, at St. Olaf Lutheran Church, Belmond, with the Rev. Lowell Halvorson officiating.

Maxine was born in Belmond Township, Wright County, Belmond, on April 26, 1914, the oldest of seven children of Elling and Nettie (Ulstad) Ellingston. She was baptized as an infant and confirmed with the class of 1929, both in St. Olaf Lutheran Church, Belmond. She attended Belmond Township #4 country school through the eighth grade as well as Belmond High School. On Aug. 12, 1933, Maxine married Elmer L. Michelson at Eagle Grove. The couple lived in Belmond and Kanawha and operated a shoe business. They had one daughter, Jeanne. During the World War II years, Maxine worked at Boeing Aircraft in Wichita, Kan., and Tacoma, Wash. Maxine lived in Minneapolis until stricken with a stroke in January of 1995. She then moved to Cape-side Cove in Siren, Wis. In December, she suffered another stroke.

Maxine is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Jeanne and Howard Wagner of Webster, Wis.; three grandchildren and spouses, Steven and Deborah Wagner, Craig and Lisa Wagner and Lisa and Gregory Kleindl; four great-grandchildren, Jennifer, Michael and Jeffrey Wagner, and Margaret Maxine Kleindl; four sisters and brothers-in-law, Virgil and O. Keith Bailey, Tacoma, Wash.; Eunice and Lloyd Christenson, Bernice and Robert V. Nelson, and Avis Hopkey; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Leo and Opal Ellingston, Raymond and Becky Ellingston, all of Belmond; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Elmer, in 1994; a precious nephew, Mark Alan Nelson in 1948; and a special godchild, Dr. Charles L. Christenson, DVM, in 1993.

Maxine will be remembered for her unending generosity, her special love for her family, and her caring about the needs of others rather than for herself. She was a faithful and active member of the Lutheran Church during her lifetime. Her strong faith in her Lord and Saviour gave her the support she needed in life. Maxine donated her body to the University of Minnesota for medical research, remembering the needs of others.