Elizabeth
Tollefson, 76
Dilworth
- Elizabeth "Betty" Tollefson, 76, formerly of
Red Lake Falls, died Monday, February 25, 2002 at
her home in Dilworth.
Funeral
services will be held on Friday, March 1, 2002 at
Calvary 
Lutheran
Church in St. Hilaire with Rev. Mark Aslenson
officiating. Casketbearers will be Todd Tollefson,
Mike Mireault, Jim Tollefson, Ryan Tollefson, Bobby
Heroff, and Jared LeMoine. Honorary casketbearers
will include all of Elizabeth's grandchildren and
great-grandchildren. Interment will be in Riverside
Cemetery in St. Hilaire.
Visitation
will be held Thursday, February 28, from 5 to 8
p.m. with a 7 p.m. prayer service at Johnson
Funeral Service in Red Lake Falls. Visitation will
also be held for one hour prior to services at
Calvary Lutheran Church on Friday.
A
funeral service will be held at on Thursday,
February 28, at 11:30 a.m. at Dilworth Lutheran
Church in Dilworth with Rev. Mark Aslenson
officiating. Visitation for this service will be
held for one hour prior to the service.
Elizabeth
Ann Rourke was born on June 22, 1925 at Langdon,
N.D., the daughter of David and Mae (Hewitson)
Rourke. She was baptized and confirmed in the
Lutheran faith and attended Osnabrock (N. Dak.)
High School, graduating in 1943.
On
December 4, 1943, Elizabeth was united in marriage
to Ronald Tollefson. The couple moved to a farm
near Red Lake Falls in 1949 and farmed there until
1988 when they moved to Dilworth. Elizabeth
continued to make her home there after Ronald's
death on October 13, 1990.
While
living near Red Lake Falls, she was a member of
Calvary Lutheran Church for 35 years. In Dilworth,
she was a member of Dilworth Lutheran Church. She
was also a 47-year member of the American Legion
Auxiliary, a 25-year member of the Disabled
American Veterans Auxiliary, and a member of the
Fraternal Order of the Eagles.
Elizabeth
enjoyed crocheting, quilting, fishing, bingo, Twins
baseball, and stock car racing.
Survivors
include four daughters, Linda Schultz and Debra
Heroff, both of Hugo, Darla (John) LeMoine of Thief
River Falls, and Lona (Keith) Thode of Red Lake
Falls; four sons, Ted (Kathy) of Glyndon, Mitchell
(Pat) of Cushing, Wisc., Terry (Renae) of Lino
Lakes, and Lance (Tammy) of Dilworth; 20
grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and a
sister, Alice (Jack) Abrams of Kalamazoo,
Mich.
In
addition to her husband, Ron, Elizabeth was
preceded in death by her parents; three sisters,
Dorothy Hammond, Ella Porter, and Evelyn Jean
Damaske; a brother, Bill Rourke; and a son-in-law,
Stan Schultz. A00003B2002FB27
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