Margaret Oline KLEFSTAD

1912 - 2003  (90 years)

• Name	Margaret Oline KLEFSTAD
  Birth	25 Aug 1912	Chinook, Blaine County, Montana
  Gender	Female
  Minnesota Death Certificate	2003-MN-021709
  Occupation	School teacher
  Death	29 May 2003	Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota
  	Northfield Care Center
  Burial	31 May 2003	Red Rose Cemetery, Waterford Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota
  Notes	Margaret Oline (Klefstad) Ellingboe Ellingboe Margaret Oline (Klefstad) Ellingboe was born in Chinook, MT on August 25, 1912 to Martin & Hattie Klefstad. She grew up in Scott County, MN and attended St. Cloud State Teachers College. Her first teaching job was in a rural schoolhouse in Scott County where she met Arthur Ellingboe. She and Arthur were married on June 17, 1936 and farmed in rural Scott and Dakota counties. Margaret and Arthur moved from the farm to Northfield in 1948 and later to their long time home in Waterford where they raised their two sons, Richard and John. Margaret continued to teach school in Castle Rock, Randolph and Greenvale Elementary in Northfield. She retired from teaching in 1977. Margaret died on Thursday, May 29, 2003 at the Northfield Care Center at the age of 90. She is survived by sons, Richard (Debera) of Eugene, OR and John (Catherine Cella) of Edina, MN; grandchildren, Michael (Monica), Deborah (Don Heeman), Stephen (Lisa), Christopher, Peter, Mary, Sarah, and Anna Ellinboe; great- grandchildren, Austin and Collin Ellinboe; sister, Helen Hill; sisters-in-law, Anna and Veola Ellingboe, Beulah (Lloyd) Luckman, Helen Henry, Evelyn (Gaylord) Horwath; brother-in-law, John Menne; and many other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur, who died in January of this year; her parents; and her sister, Ruth. Funeral Services will be 1 PM Saturday at St. John's Lutheran Church in Northfield. Burial at Red Rose Cemetery. Visitation Friday from 6:30-8 PM at the Northfield Care Center Chapel. Arrangements by the Bierman Funeral Home, Northfield. Published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune on 5/30/2003. The Rev. John Quam officiated at the funeral. Ruth Ferguson was the organist. Pallbearers were Richard, John, Peter, Deborah, and Marry Ellingboe and Don Heeman. The 1960 Northfield city directory shows Mrs. Margaret Ellingboe as a teacher at Castle Rock School. In the 1972 city directory, she is a teacher at Greenvale Park School. Her obit in the Northfield News, via the Dalby Database: Margaret Ellingboe, age 90, of Northfield died May 29, 2003, at the Northfield Care Center. Services will be held at 1 p.m. today at St. John's Lutheran Church, the Rev. John Quam officiating. Ruth Ferguson is the organist. Interment is at the Red Rose Cemetery. Pallbearers are Richard, John, Peter, Deborah, and Marry Ellingboe and Don Heeman. Margaret Oline (Klefstad) was born Aug. 25, 1912, to Martin and Hattie (Nickel) Klefstad in Chinook, Mont. She grew up in Scott County, and her family later moved to Minneapolis. She graduated from Richfield High School in 1930 and then attended St. Cloud State Teachers' College where she earned her teacher's degree. Her first teaching job was in a rural schoolhouse in Scott County where she met Arthur Ellingboe, who farmed with his father in the area. She married Arthur Ellingboe June 17, 1936, and farmed in rural Scott and Dakota counties. They moved from the farm to Northfield in 1948 and later to their long time home in Waterford. Margaret continued to teach school in Castle Rock, Randolph and Greenvale Elementary in Northfield. She retired from teaching in 1977. During retirement, they spent a number of winters in Arizona. Ellingboe is survived by two sons, Richard (Debera)of Eugene, Ore, and John (Catherine Cella)of Edina; eight grandchildren, Michael (Monica), Deborah (Don Heeman), Stephen (Lisa), Christopher, Peter, Mary, Sarah and Anna Ellingboe; two great-grandchildren, one sister, Helen Hill; five sisters-in-law, Anna and Veola Ellingboe, Beulah (Lloyd)Luckman, Helen Henry, and Evelyn (Gaylord) Horwath; one brother-in-law, John Menne; and many other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur, who died in January; her parents; and one sister, Ruth.
  Person ID	I184	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	5 May 2021

  
  

  Father	Martin John KLEFSTAD,   b. 6 Mar 1885, Norway d. 17 Sep 1962, Rice County, Minnesota (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Hattie NICHOLS,   b. 13 Oct 1880, Germany d. 3 Jul 1959, Rice County, Minnesota (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	27 Mar 1909	Olmsted County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F716	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Arthur Raymond ELLINGBOE,   b. 2 Aug 1912, Scott County, Minnesota d. 12 Jan 2003, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	17 Jun 1936	West Christiania Lutheran Church, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F131	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Dec 1998

  
  

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