Della Lillias PRUETT

1898 - 1971  (73 years)

• Name	Della Lillias PRUETT  [1]
  Birth	17 Feb 1898  [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	1924	Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota, USA   [4]
  	teacher
  Occupation	1929	Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, USA   [4]
  	teacher
  Death	29 Aug 1971	Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, USA   [2]
  Funeral	2 Sep 1971	Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, USA   [5]
  Burial	4 Sep 1971	Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, USA   [2, 3, 6]
  	Plot F-170-4
  Notes	Obituary: Funeral services for Della Lillias Ellingboe were held on Sept. 1 at the Anderson Funeral Home in Northfield Forest Michaelson and Gary Brown officiated and interment was in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield. Pallbearers were Robert McGregor of Farmington, Joe Bily of Montgomery, James Williams of Rochester, Quentin Newland of Lakeville, Donald Kluender of Hastings and Gordon Haugen of Rosemount. Chester Lee of Kenyon provided violin music accompanied by Mrs. Bernice Michaelson of Minneapolis who played the organ. friends and relatives attended from Dalla, Tex., Seattle, Wash.; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and Pueblo, Colo. Della Pruett was born on Feb. 17, 1898, in Emmettsburg, Iowa, to Oliver and Jesse Pruett. She graduated from Northfield High School in 1916 and received a Teacher's Certificate from a Normal School in 1918. On Feb. 14, 1933, she was united in marriage to Arthur T. Ellingboe in Minneapolis. Mr. Ellingboe survives her. Mrs. Ellingboe served as a teacher for a number of years. The Ellingboe's also farmed on the land now known as the Northfield Golf Club. At the time of her death, the Ellingboe's were residing in Dennison. A daughter, Phyllis lived with them. In addition to her husband and daughters, Mrs. Ellingboe is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Charles (Hazel) Messner of Stanton and Mrs. Paul (Mary) Longueville of LaCrosse, Wis. A sister, Mrs. James (Gertrude) Punderson preceded her in death. Faribault Daily News - September 4, 1971 [7]
  Person ID	I4451	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	20 May 2012

  
  

• Headstones

  Gravestone of Della L. Pratt Ellingboe (1898-1971)

  
  

• Sources

  [S81] Miller, Jimmilee, Dennison, Minnesota. [S72] Cemetery Records, http://www.WorldVitalRecords.Com (Reliability: 3). [S120] Dalby, John, Minnesota Cemetery Inscriptions, (Dalby, John. Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index, Select Counties [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003. URL: http://www.ancestry.com), Section F 46 2 (Reliability: 3). [S421] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta), (Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.). [S120] Dalby, John, Minnesota Cemetery Inscriptions, (Dalby, John. Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index, Select Counties [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003. URL: http://www.ancestry.com). [S131] Gravestone. [S149] Obituary, Find a Grave (Reliability: 3).