Obit: Ellingson, Elsie (Ludwig) (1880 – 1971)

Contact: Linda Mertens
Email: mertens@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Ellingson, Ludwig, Drabeck, Doberstein,

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Elsie Ellingson (24 Jul 1880 – 25 Jan 1971)

NOTE: Year of death calculated based on information.

Funeral services for Mrs. Elsie Ellingson, 90, of Medford were held last Thursday from Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran church, Medford. Burial was in the Milan cemetery.

Mrs. Ellingson died Jan. 25 in Memorial Hospital, Medford, where she was a patient four days.

Elsie Ludwig was born July 24, 1880 in Germany, and came to this country at the age of 2 years with her parents. The family settled in the town of Holton, and she attended Bruckerville school. She and Carl Ellingson were married here April 19, 1898. They homesteaded in town of Deer Creek, and she resided there until 1946, when she went to California. In 1949, she moved to Medford where she had since resided. Her husband died April 27, 1930.

Survivors include a son Clifford, town of Deer Creek; two daughters: Mrs. Pearl Drabeck, Stetsonville, and Mrs. Gladys Doberstein, Medford; 17 grandchildren; 47 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.

Besides her husband, a son, a daughter, four brothers, and nine sisters preceded her in death.