Lorna A. Ellefson

Lorna Alvera Ellefson, the daughter of Hans Christian and Petra Mathilda Hartvickson Johanson was born April 25, 1926 in Rugby, North Dakota. She died at the age of 81 years on Thursday, February 14, 2008, in Innovis Health Systems, Fargo, North Dakota. Lorna was raised in the rural home of her parents and attended school in Wolford, and was baptized and confirmed in Wolford Lutheran Church. Following her schooling, Lorna moved with her family to Devils Lake, North Dakota. On October 1, 1953, she married Donald Ellefson in Devils Lake, North Dakota. They moved to Fargo, North Dakota, in 1969 where she worked for Johnson Drug Store and Hatches Gift Shop. While in Devils Lake, Lorna worked for Ramsey National Bank. A hard working mother and grandmother, Lorna loved her family which, was her whole life, especially enjoying cooking and baking, crafts and embroidering and children and pets.Lorna is survived by one son, Greg Ellefson of Fargo, ND; one daughter, Cyndi Mike Grund of Moorhead, MN; four grandchildren, Michelle, Leslie Anna, Derek and Brandon Grund; one brother, Harfred Alice Johanson of Devils Lake, ND and several nieces and nephews.She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one brother, Walter; and four sisters, Mildred Johanson, Hjordis Sheets, Agnes Glass and Ruth Stien.