This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ellefson, Lee, Holt, Vick, Anderson, Lestrud, Sworschak, Wilson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3FC.2ACI/3701 Message Board Post: Ernest Harold Ellefson, 80 Friday, August 13, 2004 Ernest Harold Ellefson, 80, of Wilson died Friday, July 30, at Regions Hospital in St. Paul. He was born Nov. 29, 1923, the son of Iver Herbert “Herb” and Ida (Lee) Ellefson, in Woodville. He attended the Bell Country School and graduated from Woodville High School in the class of 1943. On Oct. 23, 1965, he was married to Gladys Holt at Zion Lutheran Church in Woodville. They lived in Hammond for a few years until building a home in the town of Cady in 1985. He first worked at American Hoist in St. Paul and then went to work for the town of Cady and was employed there for 38 years until retirement. He loved bowling, fishing, traveling and volunteered at Park View Home in Woodville. Preceding him in death were his parents. Surviving are his wife, Gladys, of Wilson; two brothers, Curtis (Helen) Ellefson of Menomonie and Donald (Grace) Ellefson of Lakeland, Fla.; and a sister, Doris Vick of Duluth, Minn. Funeral services were Tuesday, Aug. 3, at Zion Lutheran Church in Woodville with the Rev. Keith Anderson officiating. Burial was in Lone Pine Cemetery in Woodville where honorary bearers were Murry Lestrud and Kenneth Dworschak. Active pallbearers were Cletus Wilson, Curtis Wilson, Larry Dworschak, Mark Ellefson, David Ellefson and Richard Ellefson. Keehr Funeral Home of Spring Valley handled arrangements. © 2004 Hudson Star-Observer - Reposted by permission http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=11405&SectionID=3&SubSectionID=54&S=1