Obit: Ellingson, Vern V. (1901 - 1965)

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Surnames: Ellingson, Ames, Davis, Tews, Raasch, Doberstein, Drabek

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 06 May 1965

Ellingson, Vern V. (28 JAN 1901 - 26 APR 1965)

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the First Presbyterian Church in Wausau for Vernie Ellingson, 64, Merrill, route 5, formerly of the town of Deer Creek. The Rev. David Buzza will be the officiating clergyman and burial will be in Restlawn Memorial Park.

Mr. Ellingson was pronounced dead on arrival about 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 26, 1965, at a Wausau Hospital. He had been in ill health for the past two years.

Vernie Ellingson was born Jan. 28, 1901 in the town Deer Creek and lived there until after his marriage, which took place in 1930 to the former Irene Ames of the Athens area. He farmed in the town of Deer Creek, Abbotsford, Wausau and Merrill areas and had been living about the past twenty years at route 5, Wausau.

Surviving, along with his wife, are two daughters, Charlotte, Mrs. Harold Davis, Merrill, and Lulu Jean, Mrs. Bruce Tews, Tucson, Ariz.; four grandchildren; his mother, Mrs. Elsie Ellingson, Merrill; one brother, Clifford, Stetsonville; three sisters, Esther, Mrs. Reinhard Raasch, Stetsonville, Gladys, Mrs. Fred Doberstein, Withee, and Pearl, Mrs. Frank Drabek of Catawba.