Obit for LARSON, Eleanor Olivia (b.1928 d.2004), Murray Co., MN

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Eleanor Olivia Larson was born on June 7, 1928 in Slayton, Minnesota to 

Karl and Ella Paulson Johanesen. She grew up in Hadley and graduated from 

Slayton High School In 1946. On September 21, 1949 she and Harold Larson 

were married at the Hadley Lutheran Church in Hadley. Following their 

marriage they lived in Hadley and Eleanor worked at the creamery and did 

babysitting. Later she worked for the A.R.C and was the representative 

for 11 counties. Eleanor and Harold were foster parents and took in 32 

children over the years. Eleanor was the bookkeeper for the City of 

Hadley for 25 years. Eleanor passed away on September 27, 2004 at the Our 

House hospice house in Slayton at the age of 76. She was a lifetime 

member of the Hadley Lutheran Church and belonged to WELCA and also 

taught Sunday School. She was one of the original board members of New 

Dawn in Fulda. Eleanor helped to get Special Olympics started in Murray 

County. She was a charter member of the Hadley Lioness Club and also was 

a RSVP member. Eleanor served on the boards of the D.A.C., Home for 

Creative Living in Windom, and the Willmar State Hospital advisory board. 

Recently she received the Presidential Citation for all of her volunteer 

work. Eleanor enjoyed knitting, quilting, crocheting, and camping. 

Eleanor was the Hadley historian and had a history book, ? Hadley 

Heritage? published in 2003. Genealogy was important to her and besides 

doing research on her family; she also enjoyed helping many people with 

their ancestry. 



Survivors include her husband, Harold Larson of Hadley; two children and 

their spouses; Dean and Donna Larson of Hadley, and Julie and Larry 

Bonnstetter of Slayton, five grandchildren; Mitchell, Kristina and Ann 

Larson, Olivia and Nicole Bonnstetter, one great grandson, Landen 

Bonnstetter. She is preceded in death by her parents. 



Memorial Services will be held at Hadley Lutheran Church in Hadley, MN on 

Thursday, September 30, 2004 at 10:30 AM with the Rev. Jon Skaar 

officiating. The organist is Marilyn Zinnel. Interment is at the Highland 

Home Cemetery in Hadley, MN.