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Violet Lucille GROVENDER

Female 1921 - 2018  (96 years)


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  • Name Violet Lucille GROVENDER 
    Birth 30 Mar 1921  Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 7 Jan 2018  Wright County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Big Grove Cemetery, Belgrade, Stearns County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Violet L. Ellingboe, 96 of Belgrade, died Sunday, January 7, 2018 at Park View Care Center in Buffalo.  A memorial service will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 20, 2018 at Big Grove Lutheran Church near Belgrade.  A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.  Burial will be the church cemetery.  Arrangements are with the Johnson Funeral Home in Belgrade. 
                                                                                                                                           
      Violet Lucille Ellingboe was born on March 30, 1921, on the family farm near Sauk Rapids, the daughter of Rudolph and Mary (Schultz) Grovender. She grew up on the family farm and attended country grade school.  As a young women, she moved out to California where she worked as “Rosie the riveter” building airplanes during WWII.  On May 30, 1941, Violet was united in marriage to Orville Ellingboe.  To this union, two daughters and two sons were born.  They moved to a farm near Belgrade in 1948 and Pequot Lakes in 1958 where they owned and operated a resort. Vi and Orville later divorced and she made her home in Brainerd where she worked at the State Hospital.   She returned to Belgrade in 1998 and moved near the cities in 2005 to be closer to her children. 
       
      Vi was a member of Big Grove Lutheran Church and was an active member of the Geritol Frolics Community Theatre while living in Brainerd. She enjoyed gardening, crafts, playing cards and cooking for family and friends. 
       
      Violet died Sunday, January 7, 2018 at Park View Care Center in Buffalo at the age of 96.  She is survived by her children, Arlene Rath of Buffalo, Jim (JoAnn) Ellingboe of West St. Paul; nine grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
       
      Violet was preceded in death by her parents; children, Daryl and Sherry; sister, Alma Nelson and brother, Ernest Grovender.   
    Person ID I10917  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 3 Dec 2021 

    Family Orville Jerome ELLINGBOE,   b. 30 Aug 1917, Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 2004, Calimesa, Riverside County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 31 May 1941  Yuma County, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorce 24 Feb 1981  Crow Wing County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Daryl Wayne ELLINGBOE,   b. 30 Mar 1949, Belgrade, Stearns County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 2006, Cass County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
     2. Sherry Lyn ELLINGBOE,   b. 6 Apr 1955, Stearns County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Oct 2014, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
    Family ID F8131  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2016