Beverly Elaine BAGGE

1926 - 2013  (87 years)

• Name	Beverly Elaine BAGGE
  Birth	3 Oct 1926	North Dakota
  Gender	Female
  Minnesota Death Certificate	2013-MN-033049
  Death	23 Oct 2013	Columbia Heights, Anoka County, Minnesota
  Burial	Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	cremated
  Notes	She lived in Edina, Minnesota, at the time of the death of her half-sister Shirley in June of 2011. Hellekson, Beverly Bagge, age 87, died peacefully at home Oct. 23 following a long struggle with a spinal cord tumor and a two-month bout with heart failure. Born Oct. 3, 1926, Bev grew up with six siblings on a farm in Traill County, ND, and graduated from Caledonia High School, where, at 5'4", she was captain of the girls' basketball team. After working at a Chicago insurance company and attending college at UW-Madison and UND, Bev married Gordon Hellekson in 1949. They were at home in Grand Forks before relocating to Minneapolis in 1956. Bev was the consummate homemaker, known for her culinary skills, creative birthday parties and lovely flower garden. She retired from secretarial work with Edina Schools around 1990, but never retired from being a devoted mother. Her 2012 move from her home on Hawkes Drive, Edina, site of countless bridge club and dinner parties, marked the end of a wonderful era. Bev is preceded in death by her beloved husband, Gordy; sister Shirley Thoe Skeim; and brother John (Vonnie) Bagge. She is survived by her daughter, Diane; son, Jim; grandson, Linden Holt; and siblings Ardis Braseth, Walter (Juanita) Bagge, Helen Powers, and Donna Benson. Private interment at Fort Snelling.
  Person ID	I1663	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	13 May 2021

  
  

  Father	Edwin Louis BAGGE,   b. 4 May 1894, Roselle, Cook and Dupage Counties, Illinois d. 11 Jan 1948, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Lydia T SWENSON,   b. 22 May 1895, Traill County, North Dakota d. 16 Jan 1932, Traill County, North Dakota (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	13 Dec 1919	Clay County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F1196	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gordon Willis HELLEKSON,   b. 3 Mar 1926, Grand Forks County, North Dakota d. 5 May 2009, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	31 Aug 1949	Grand Forks County, North Dakota
  Family ID	F1197	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 May 2021