Violet Lucille GROVENDER

1921 - 2018  (96 years)

• Name	Violet Lucille GROVENDER
  Birth	30 Mar 1921	Minnesota
  Gender	Female
  Death	7 Jan 2018	Wright County, Minnesota
  Burial	Big Grove Cemetery, Belgrade, Stearns County, Minnesota
  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 d. 16 Apr 2004, Calimesa, Riverside County, California (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	31 May 1941	Yuma County, Arizona
  Divorce	24 Feb 1981	Crow Wing County, Minnesota
  Children	1. Daryl Wayne ELLINGBOE,   b. 30 Mar 1949, Belgrade, Stearns County, Minnesota d. 10 Dec 2006, Cass County, North Dakota (Age 57 years)   2. Sherry Lyn ELLINGBOE,   b. 6 Apr 1955, Stearns County, Minnesota d. 16 Oct 2014, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F8131	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2016