Alice Ellingson (Matson)
January 13, 1923 — May 13, 2010
Alice Ellingson, 87, of Cedar Rapids, died Thursday, May 13, 2010, at Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. Visitation will be from 11-1 p.m. Monday, May 17, 2010, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service with a private family service to follow. Burial: Watkins Cemetery.
Survivors include two daughters, Shirley Adkins and Jonanella Martin; six grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Edwin Matson, Virginia Seifert, Rosellen Seaton, and Betty Brown; and a special friend, Evelyn Frame.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Bill; a sister, Mary Matson; and two step-sons.
Alice was born January 13, 1923, the daughter of Edwin and Ida (Boddicker) Matson in Newhall. She married William Ellingson Jr. on May 5, 1964, in Oskaloosa. He died in 2000. Alice graduated from Cosmotology School in 1974 at the age of 50.
Memorials may be directed to Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha, in memory of Alice.
Survivors include two daughters, Shirley Adkins and Jonanella Martin; six grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Edwin Matson, Virginia Seifert, Rosellen Seaton, and Betty Brown; and a special friend, Evelyn Frame.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Bill; a sister, Mary Matson; and two step-sons.
Alice was born January 13, 1923, the daughter of Edwin and Ida (Boddicker) Matson in Newhall. She married William Ellingson Jr. on May 5, 1964, in Oskaloosa. He died in 2000. Alice graduated from Cosmotology School in 1974 at the age of 50.
Memorials may be directed to Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha, in memory of Alice.
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