Marelyn Clarice (Ersland) EVERSON

ERSLAND, EVERSON, LUTHRO, REHDER, MILLER, NOYES, HINER, ROEPKEN, WESTRE, RUD, PRIEB

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 3/15/2016 at 16:38:53

February 19, 1924 --- January 12, 2016

Marelyn C. Everson, 91, of Sioux Falls, SD passed away Tuesday, January 12, 2016 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease at Luther Manor in Sioux Falls, SD. Her funeral service will be 10:00 AM Saturday, January 16 at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Sioux Falls, with burial at 2:30 PM Saturday at Ebenezer Cemetery, Harrison, SD. Visitation begins at 4:00 PM Friday, January 15 at George Boom Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Sioux Falls, where the family will greet friends from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM.

Marelyn Clarice Ersland, daughter of Thomas and Christine (Luthro) Ersland, was born February 19, 1924 on the family farm near rural Hardy, in Humboldt County, IA. She was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran in rural Hardy, IA. She attended a rural country elementary school and graduated from Eagle Grove High School in Eagle Grove, IA. Following graduation in May 1942, she taught at the same rural country school she had attended for one semester prior to being united in marriage with Oliver Everson on December 24, 1942 in Tacoma, WA. Marelyn became the wife of a World War II veteran who after being released from the Army became an ordained minister of the American Lutheran Church. She was a dedicated wife and mother of seven children. Her relationship with Jesus Christ was central in her life and she was a member of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church at the time of her death.

Marelyn was a servant at heart having been the wife of a minister for over 30 years. She was a kind and soft-spoken person with a contagious smile who was inspired to love and give openly and freely to anyone who crossed her path. Truly love lived forever in her heart and she will be dearly missed by her loved ones who celebrate the fact that she is at peace with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Marelyn’s family would like to extend special thanks to the Luther Manor Nursing Home for all their extended care the past 3 years and Compassionate Care Hospice who assisted the last days of her life.

Grateful for having shared her life are seven children, Myris Rehder and her husband, Larry, Destrehan, LA, Wayne Everson and his wife, Jeanne, Sioux Falls, SD, Sharon Miller and her friend, Larry Noyes, Sioux Falls, SD, Paul Everson, Sioux Falls, SD, Angela Hiner and her friend, Stephen Roepken, Arlington, TX, Samuel Everson and his wife, Cindy, Omaha, NE, Luther Everson, Sioux Falls, SD; 13 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Pauline Westre, Cairo, NY, Eunice Rud, Rapid City, SD, one sister-in-law, Florence Everson, Minneapolis, MN; and a host of other relatives and friends. Marelyn was preceded in death by her husband, Oliver, on April 17, 1993; her parents; two brothers, Thomas Ersland, Harold Ersland; a sister, LaVonne Prieb; a nephew, Tim Westre; a great-nephew, Tim Westre Jr.; a great-niece, Raven Rud; and her brothers and sisters-in-law. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred.

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