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Frances Halverson Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Jan. 27, 2005.

Frances Halverson (Elofson), age 83, formerly of Perham, MN, went home to be with the

Lord on January 27, 2005. Funeral services are at Basswood Baptist Church,

Richville, MN, at 11:30 am on January 31, 2005 with Pastors Joe Puglia & John

Erickson (grandsons-in-law) and Bert Holmquist officiating. Her

Casketbearers are her grandsons Ryan, Micah & Jeff Elofson and Chris, Eric, & Tim

Ferch. Interment is at the Richville Village Cemetery.

Visitation at Schoeneberger Funeral Home, Perham, is from 5:00-7:00 pm on Sunday, January 30, 2005. Frances was surrounded by her loving family at her son Rodney's home in Minneapolis. Her family had given to her end of life care, with hospice

help.

Frances Ann Berry was born December 7, 1921. She grew up and attended

school in the Richville and Perham area. On November 3, 1940, she married

Wendell Elofson. They raised their family and opened their home to many

nieces and nephews on a farm near Richville. They retired from the farm in

1969 and moved to Boedigheimer Lake, rural Richville. Frances worked at Service

Foods in Perham until Wendell died in 1981. She married Ernest Halverson of

Northfield in 1983. They enjoyed traveling and spending winters in Arizona.

Frances was famous for her apple pie and crocheting afghans & slippers. For

the past two years Ernest has required professional nursing home care

services, and consequently, Frances has lived with her children. Her

great-grandchildren brought her much joy, even on her death bed.

Francis is survived by: her husband Ernest; son Rodney (Sonja) Elofson of

Minneapolis, MN; son Gary (Marianne) Elofson of Northfield, MN; daughter

Gayle (Tom) Ferch of Inver Grove Heights, MN; daughter Gloria (Warren)

Jorgensen of Toledo, OH; brother Arnold Paschke of Moorhead, MN; sister Agnes

Wargacki of Tacoma, WA; sister Donna (Ray) Scheidecker of Perham, MN; thirteen

grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren.

Preceding Frances in death was her husband Wendell Elofson and mother Mathilda Paschke.

Arrangements by Schoeneberger Funeral Home, Perham, MN. (218) 346-5175

Online tributes may be posted at www.schoenebergerfuneralhome.com

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