Karen Lee (Holland) Elletson (1942 - 2018)

Born 12 May 1942 in Williston, Williams, North Dakota, United States

Wife of Allyn Adney Elletson — married 27 Dec 1963 in Williams, North Dakota, USA

Died 24 Oct 2018 at age 76 in Williston, Williams, North Dakota, United States

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Biography

Karen was born in 1942.

She married Allyn Adney "Al" Elletson (1941–2007). They had the following children:

Corey Juel Elletson 1959–

Allyn Dean Elletson 1968–

Nathan Brady Elletson 1973–

Brandon Joseph Elletson 1976–

She passed away in 2018.

Obituary for Karen L. Elletson. Karen Elletson 76, of Williston, passed away at the Bethel Lutheran Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center on Wednesday afternoon, October 24, 2018.

Karen was born May 12, 1942 to Juel and Cora Holland in Williston, North Dakota. She attended Williston High School and later attained her G.E.D. She continued her education at Bismarck State College where she graduated from the Commercial Arts Dept. with an Associate in Applied Science.

On December 27, 1963 Karen was united in marriage to Allyn A. Elletson in Williston, ND. They remained in Williston raising their four sons.

Karen worked at Volney’s Café and Drive Inn, Borrud’s Bakery, as a Cass Clay sample server at local grocery stores, many years doing cleaning and maintenance in homes and apartment buildings, and ten plus years working in the kitchen at Bethel Lutheran Home. She was well known for her sewing ability; sewing clothes for children and adults, made dolls and doll clothes, real fur teddy bears and endlessly repairing jeans for “The Boys”. She also assisted in setup and displays in store windows advertising at the lst Rough Rider International Art Show. She designed and made a 30 inch Pinocchio doll made from balsa wood, designed and made all patterns and clothing and dressed two 30 inch dolls for display. She won lst place in the Annual American State Bank Doll Dressing Contest for 5 consecutive years.

She enjoyed cooking meals 3-4 times a day and was always reheating meals for Al. Much of her time was spent trying to control Al and the boys. There was an endless search for Serenity, better sticks to hit the kids with and attempting to make them socially acceptable. Karen was a kind, sweet, loving and patient wife, mother and grandmother.

Karen is survived by her 4 sons; Corey (Bessie) Elletson, Allyn Dean (Marnie) Elletson, Brady (Michelle) Elletson and Brandon (Jessica) Elletson; 8 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren; brothers, Myron (Devona) Holland, Dean (Sharon) Holland, and Lloyd (June) Holland; sisters, Doris (Orlin) Kirby and Rubi Lindsey.

Karen was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, Clayton; husband, Allyn A. Elletson; brother-in-law, Gene Lindsey; one granddaughter, Kinley and one great-grandson, Daxton.

Sources

• North Dakota, Marriage Records, 1877-1929.

• Find A Grave. Karen L. Elletson.