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Ellen Sandberg Washburn
5 Dec 1877 – 23 Jan 1974
| Birth | 5 Dec 1877 |
| Death | 23 Jan 1974 |
| Cemetery | Graceland Park Cemetery Sioux City , Woodbury County , Iowa , USA |
| Added by | Sandy Smith on 07 Feb 2012 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7574765 |
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OBITUARY: Sioux City Journal, Sioux City, Iowa, January 24, 1974 Mrs. Harry A. Washburn, 96, 6120 Morningside Ave. died Wednesday at a Sioux City nursing home after a short illness. Mrs. Washburn, the former Ellen Sandburg was born Dec. 5, 1877, at Cheyenne, Wyo. and moved to Elk Point, S.D., as a small girl. She was graduated from the University of South Dakota and was married to Mr. Washburn in August, 1895. He died in 1952, in Sioux City. Mrs. Washburn was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Isis Chapter 173, OES, and the White Shrine and was a former member of the Girls of '68 and the Sunshine League, and was a past noble grand of the Rebekah Lodge. Survivors include a son, Arthur J. of Sioux City; a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Lemke of Sioux City; 12 grand-children; 25 great grandchildren, and four great-great grandchildren. The body was taken to the W. Harry Christy Morningside Funeral Home. Notes for Ellen Sandberg: She suffered from senility in her later days. Ellen moved to Elk Point, SD when small. Ellen graduated from Vermillion,Univ. of SD. Occupation: Taught at Univ. of SD. Twin of Anton, although Evelyn (daughter) says Ellen didn't have a sister-just 2 brothers. Reportedly half English, half Swedish. 1911, Resided in Sioux City, acc. to her mother's obit. No middle name http://www.angelfire.com/me/MyGenealogyPage/washburn.html
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- Lillian Laurinda Washburn Carter 1896–1929
- Laura Viola Washburn Dow 1897–1963
- Arthur Jennings Washburn 1900–1976
- Hazel Irene Washburn Klaas 1902–1969
- Virgil Elmer Washburn 1906–1960
- Evelyn Dorothy Washburn Lemke-Freeman 1908–1998
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