Eleanora Mae Augusta (Hovey) LUSTIG LILLESKAU

HOVEY, LUSTIG, LILLESKAU, HILL, ANDERSON, REDFIELD

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:47

Eleanora "Nora" Mae Augusta Hovey Lustig Lilleskau
July 2, 1887 ------ June 24, 1959

Funeral services were conducted for Nora Lustig Lilleskau Saturday afternoon at the Assembly of God Church with Rev. M. G. Michaelson officiating. Rev. L. Meyer of Eagle Grove participated in the service. Burial was at the Clarion Cemetery with the Eyler Funeral Home in charge. Mrs. Lilleskau lived in Clarion for a number of years. Later in life she moved to Dows and operated a cafe. Before her death she resided on a farm west of Dows.

OBITUARY
Nora Mae Lilleskau was born July 2, 1887 at Dumont, Iowa. She was the daughter of Willis and Minnie Hovey. She was united in marriage to Phillip J. Lustig who died in 1946. To this union three children were born: Viola, Paul, who died in infancy, who preceded her in death, and Phillip of Price, Utah. In Nov. 1956 she was united in marriage to Lewis Lilleskau of Dows, Ia. On June 24, 1959 she passed away at the Clarion Memorial Hospital.

She is survived by her husband, Lewis, one son, Phillip, six grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, three sisters, Mrs. Cora Hill of Florence, Mont.; Martha, Mrs. R. E. Anderson, Columbia Falls, Mont.; Luella, Mrs. Wert C. Redfield, Culbertson, Mont. Also two brothers: Fred Hovey, of New Westminister, British Columbia, Canada and Paul Hovey, of Kalispell, Mont. Many friends will mourn her passing. She accepted Christ early in life. Her greatest joy was in leading someone to Christ. She was kind, loveable and always helping those in need.

Wright County Monitor --- Clarion, Iowa
July 2, 1959