Elsa
Haack, 83
Woodbury
- Elsa "Elsie" Haack, 83, died Sunday, April
29, 2001 at Regions Hospital in St.
Paul.
Funeral
services will be held at 10 a.m. today (Wednesday,
May 2) at Henry-Holcomb Funeral Home on Snelling
Avenue in St. Paul.
Graveside
services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May
3, at St. Olaf Cemetery near Grygla with Rev. Gary
Johnson officiating. Following services, lunch will
be served at St. Olaf Lutheran Church, Grygla.
Arrangements are with Green Funeral Home of Thief
River Falls and Henry-Holcomb Funeral Home of St.
Paul.
Elsie
Clare Haack was born on December 30, 1917 in Boone
township of Beltrami county. She grew up and
attended grade school near Baudette. As a young
woman, she moved to Grygla where she met and
married Leonard Haack on April 30, 1938. Following
their marriage, the couple made their home in
Grygla for several years before moving to Thief
River Falls in 1954. Elsie was a homemaker who
spent her life caring for her family. She moved to
Woodbury to be closer to her family and had resided
at Woodbury Health Care Center since January of
1997.
Elsie
was former member of Trinity Lutheran Church in
Thief River Falls and had currently been a member
of Zion Lutheran Church in Thief River
Falls.
She
enjoyed baking, cooking and gardening.
Elsa
is survived by two daughters, Beverly (Hubert) Ivie
of Oakdale and Carol (Robert) Chang of Honolulu,
Hawaii; a son, Dale Bower of Minneapolis; five
grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two
sisters, Violet O'Donnell of Lehigh Acres, Fla. and
Lydia (Ben) Swanson of Moorhead; and her twin
brother, Herbert of Las Vegas, Nev.
She
was preceded in death by her parents; her husband,
Leonard; a sister, Helen; and a brother,
Edward.
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