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Elvin Julian ELLINGBOE

Male 1925 - 2007  (81 years)


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  • Name Elvin Julian ELLINGBOE 
    Birth 1 Oct 1925  Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 25 Oct 1925  Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • probably West Norway Lake
    MN Birth Cert Checked
    Minnesota Birth Certificate 1925-13691 
    Minnesota Death Certificate 2007-MN-014020 
    Occupation Railroad depot agent 
    Death 14 May 2007  Nisswa, Crow Wing County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 18 May 2007  Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery, Little Falls, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • His birth certificate shows he was child #3.

      He enlisted for WWII at Fort Snelling on 29 Jan 1946. He had 2 years of high school and was a farmer in civilian life. He enlisted again on 12 Apr 1946 in Fort Bliss in El Paso. In that enlistment, he was enlisting for the Panama Canal Department.

      He served in World War II as a Tech 4 in the U.S. Army.

      In the 1950 census, he and Clara lived in Lemmon in Perkins County, South Dakota. He was a telegraph operator for a railroad.

      At the time of the death of Ronald in August of 1953, he and Clara had recently moved to Riverton where he was a telegrapher for the Northern Pacific Railroad.

      His obituary in the Brainerd dispatch:

      NISSWA - Elvin J. Ellingboe, age 81, of Nisswa, formerly of Deerwood, died on May 14, 2007, at his home. He was born on Oct. 1, 1925, in Sunberg, Minn., to Edward and Julia (Halverson) Ellingboe. He married Clara Viola Sanvig in Glenwood, Minn., on Feb. 7, 1948. He was a Korean War Army veteran and was a member of the Walter Scott Erickson American Legion Post No. 557 of Deerwood and the Garrison VFW. He also was a member of the Salem Lutheran Church in Deerwood and the Moose Lodge in Aitkin. He was a retired depot agent for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad.

      He is survived by two sons, Keith Ellingboe, of Brainerd, Brian (Michelle) Ellingboe, of Robbinsdale; two daughters, Carrie Vukelich, of Nisswa, and Elizabeth "Lisa" (LeRoy Jr.) Iler, of Foley; 11 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

      He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Clara; a son, Ronald; and two sisters.

      Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. on Friday at Salem Lutheran Church in Deerwood with military honors given by the Walter Scott Erickson American Legion Post No. 557 of Deerwood. Friends may call on Friday one hour prior to services at the church. Burial will be at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls.
    Person ID I5139  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 10 May 2022 

    Father Edward ELLINGBOE,   b. 13 Mar 1883, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Oct 1953, Pope County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Julia HALVORSON,   b. 18 Jan 1882, Eggedal Valley, Buskerud, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jan 1961, Pope County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 15 Nov 1924  Pope County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3907  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Clara Viola SANVIG,   b. 14 Nov 1928, Pope County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 1998, Crow Wing County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 7 Feb 1948  Glenwood, Pope County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Ronald Earl ELLINGBOE,   b. 20 Feb 1951, Cloquet, Carlton County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1953, Crow Wing County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)
     2. Carrie Lee ELLINGBOE,   b. 10 Mar 1961, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jan 2018, Crow Wing County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    Family ID F4055  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2018