1926
Elna
2015
Elna Pestorious
November 3, 1926 — May 29, 2015
Remembering the life of Elna I. Pestorious….
Funeral Services for Elna I. Pestorious, Albert Lea, will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, June 1, 2015 at Concordia Lutheran Church of Pickerel Lake, rural Albert Lea. The Reverend Wendy Anderson will officiate. Interment will be in Concordia Pickeral Lake Lutheran Cemetery, rural Albert Lea. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. on Sunday at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea, and one hour before the service at the church.
Elna passed away on , May 29, 2015 in Alexandria, Minnesota. She was 88.
Elna Ihleen was born on November 3, 1926, in Freeborn County, Pickeral Lake
Township, the daughter of Axel and Marie (Hansen) Skov. A lifelong resident of Freeborn County, she graduated from Alden High School with the class of 1944. She married Gerald Pestorious on September 1, 1946 at the Danish Lutheran Church in Alden.
Elna was a member of Concordia Lutheran Church of Pickerel Lake, where throughout her life she had been actively involved, especially enjoying circle and choir.
She was a member of the Pickerel Lake Homemakers Club.
Elna's life centered around her family and she enjoyed making their house a loving home.
She appreciated all kinds of music, enjoyed playing the piano and loved to travel.
She is survived by two children: Gwen Saul and her husband William and Gary Pestorious and his wife Dawn; five grandchildren: Krista Peterson and her husband Jon, Cole Pestorious and his wife Katie,
Kelsha Pestorious, Jason Pestorious and Amy Pestorious; nine great grandchildren; sisters: Ingeborg Reindal and Eunice Johnsrud, brother Arnold Skov and his wife Helen, and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents Axel and Marie Skov, her husband Gerald Pestorious, son Leon G. Pestorious, grandson Matthew J. Severson, sister Esther, in infancy, two brothers-in-law Howard Johnsrud and Lloyd Reindal.
We, her family will cherish our memories of a very loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
We are thankful for her life and are secure, knowing that her struggles of earthly life are over and she is at peace in the arms of her Heavenly Father.
Memorials preferred to Concordia Lutheran Church of Pickerel Lake or the Alzheimer's Association.
Funeral Services for Elna I. Pestorious, Albert Lea, will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, June 1, 2015 at Concordia Lutheran Church of Pickerel Lake, rural Albert Lea. The Reverend Wendy Anderson will officiate. Interment will be in Concordia Pickeral Lake Lutheran Cemetery, rural Albert Lea. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. on Sunday at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea, and one hour before the service at the church.
Elna passed away on , May 29, 2015 in Alexandria, Minnesota. She was 88.
Elna Ihleen was born on November 3, 1926, in Freeborn County, Pickeral Lake
Township, the daughter of Axel and Marie (Hansen) Skov. A lifelong resident of Freeborn County, she graduated from Alden High School with the class of 1944. She married Gerald Pestorious on September 1, 1946 at the Danish Lutheran Church in Alden.
Elna was a member of Concordia Lutheran Church of Pickerel Lake, where throughout her life she had been actively involved, especially enjoying circle and choir.
She was a member of the Pickerel Lake Homemakers Club.
Elna's life centered around her family and she enjoyed making their house a loving home.
She appreciated all kinds of music, enjoyed playing the piano and loved to travel.
She is survived by two children: Gwen Saul and her husband William and Gary Pestorious and his wife Dawn; five grandchildren: Krista Peterson and her husband Jon, Cole Pestorious and his wife Katie,
Kelsha Pestorious, Jason Pestorious and Amy Pestorious; nine great grandchildren; sisters: Ingeborg Reindal and Eunice Johnsrud, brother Arnold Skov and his wife Helen, and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents Axel and Marie Skov, her husband Gerald Pestorious, son Leon G. Pestorious, grandson Matthew J. Severson, sister Esther, in infancy, two brothers-in-law Howard Johnsrud and Lloyd Reindal.
We, her family will cherish our memories of a very loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
We are thankful for her life and are secure, knowing that her struggles of earthly life are over and she is at peace in the arms of her Heavenly Father.
Memorials preferred to Concordia Lutheran Church of Pickerel Lake or the Alzheimer's Association.
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