William
"Bud" Elleson, 72Crookston - William E. "Bud" Elleson, 72, died Tuesday, November 10, 1998 at Riverview Hospital in Crookston.
Funeral services were held on Saturday, November 14 at 10 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Crookston with Reverend Michael Dahle officiating. A graveside service was held at 1 p.m. at Faaberg Cemetery in Rindal. The Stenshoel-Houske Funeral Home of Crookston was in charge of the arrangements.
William E. Elleson was born on October 26, 1926 at rural Thief River Falls, the son of Finn and Carrie (Hogquist) Elleson. Following family tradition, Bud joined the Merchant Marines as a young man and was the youngest fireman on duty at that time. He later enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps, seeing action during World War II in the Pacific Theater of Operations. Bud returned to the area after his discharge in August of 1947.
On August 8, 1948 Bud was united in marriage to Donna Hoard. Over the next several years Bud lived in Thief River Falls where he worked at various jobs. He then moved to Duluth where he worked on the ore and grain ships for eight years. He returned to Thief River Falls. On March 15, 1970 he began working at Glenmore Treatment Center in Crookston as a chemical dependency counselor.
On October 23, 1973 he was united in marriage to JoAnn Bakken of Crookston. Bud eventually became the supervisor of treatment at Glenmore, and during his tenure he developed several outpatient treatment programs throughout the area. He retired on October 26, 1988.
He was confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Crookston on March 22, 1987.
Bud is survived by his wife, JoAnn; two sons, Dan (Jan) Elleson of San Antonio, TX and James (Elizabeth) Elleson of Austin, TX; four daughters, Carol (Paul) Ihle of Thief River Falls, Peggy (Lee) Simmons of Moorhead, Bonnie (Gordon) DeLap of Thief River Falls and Judi (Rick) Brunner of Detroit Lakes; four stepsons, Dennis (Elaine) Bakken of Fertile, Mark (Judy) Bakken of Appleton, WI, Ronald (Eileen) Bakken of Moorhead and John (Bridget) Bakken of Appleton, WI; 23 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; one sister, Edna Enright of Sacramento, CA; and other relatives.
He was preceded in death by his parents.