OBITUARY: Hazel Rebecca Ellingson 1910-1997, Worth County, Iowa Hazel Rebecca Ellingson [Mason City Globe Gazette; December 5, 1997 ] NORTHWOOD -- Hazel Rebecca Ellingson, 87, of Northwood died Thursday (Dec. 4, 1997) at the Lutheran Retirement Home in Northwood. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the First Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Allan J. Stoa officiating. Burial will be in the Sunset Rest Cemetery. Visitation will be from 12:30 p.m. until time of services Saturday at the church. The family of Hazel Rebecca Ellingson has requested that memorial contributions be made to First Lutheran Church in Northwood, or the Lutheran Retirement Home in her memory. Conner Colonial Chapel, 99-11th St. S., is in charge of arrangements. Hazel Rebecca Ellingson was born Aug. 10, 1910, in Freeborn County, Minn., the daughter of Glade and Mathilda (Hanson) Jackson. She was baptized and reaffirmed the faith of her baptism through confirmation at the Lutheran Church in Hayward, Minn. She attended and received her education in the Freeborn County School system. She was united in marriage to Walter Ellingson on June 12, 1927, in Austin, Minn. He preceded her in death in 1983. After her marriage, she became a Northwood resident and lived in her home until Oct. . . . She was a member of First Lutheran Church in Northwood and was active in ladies aid and church circles in her early membership years. Homemaking, baking and being with her family and friends was her. . . . Left to cherish her memory are two daughters, LaVonne Flatness and her husband, Alton, of Northwood, and Donna Wignes of Edina, Minn.; two grandsons, Gary Wignes and his wife, Lisa, of Edina, Minn., Besides her husband, Walter, she also was preceded in death by her parents, son-in-law, Stanley Wignes; three sisters, Minnie Olson, Gladys Pilatos and Lela Thompson; and four brothers, Calvin, Verni. . . . Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson (Note: Not necessarily related to the subject of this obituary.) This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. **************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material,must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ****************************************************************************