Obit for OLDEWURTEL, Ellamay (b.1916 d.2005), Murray Co., MN

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1916 - Ellamay Oldewurtel - 2005 



Ellamay Oldewurtel was born on June 10, 1916, on a farm near Iona, 

Minnesota to George and Hulda Kienietz Thompson. As a young girl the 

Thompson family moved to a farm near Bear Lake Woods where she attended 

country school. On July 19, 1939, she and Henry Oldewurtel were married 

in Iona. Together they farmed near Lake Wilson then near Clear Lake, South 

Dakota until moving to Slayton in 1957. Ellamay worked at several 

departments at the Murray County Hospital for seven years then at Champion 

Homes for two years before her retirement. Henry  passed away on March 11, 

1993. Ellamay moved to the Westside Apartments and spent many years there. 

Due to failing health, she entered the Slayton Manor Care Center and on 

March 31, 2003, moved to the Good Samaritan Village in Pipestone and 

passed away there on October 5, 2005, at the age of 89. She was a member 

of Trinity Lutheran Church in Slayton and belonged to Ladies Aid. Ellamay 

enjoyed quilting, reading, music, traveling and spending time with her 

family and many friends. 



Survivors include two sons, two daughters and their spouses: Anita and Gil 

Wiley, Jenkins, MO; Carol and John Sandy, Sedalia, MO;  DeLos (Del) and 

Diana Oldewurtel, Piedmont, SD; and Mylan and Helen Ray, Pipestone, MN; 

13 grandchildren; 36 great grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; 

and one sister, Gladys Carlson, Fulda, MN. She was preceded in death by 

her husband, Henry; son Leo; three sisters and two brothers. 



Funeral services were held at Trinity Lutheran Church in Slayton, MN on 

Saturday, October 8, 2005, at 10:30 a.m. with the Rev. Dana Loney 

officiating. The organist was Kathy Schwartz. The pallbearers were Darrell 

Carlson, Gary Reese, Eldon Larson, Leon Thompson, Steve Blomendaal and 

Dennis Beers. Interment is at the Slayton Cemetery, Slayton, MN. Totzke 

Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. 

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