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Charles HELLERUD
(1880-1937)
Anne Sofie Jonsdatter AARSTAD
(1886-1964)
Selmer K. TROM
(1898-1994)
Myrtle Amanda HELLERUD
(1905-1977)
Eleanor Jeannette TROM
(1924-2004)

 

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Byron Keith BERGEE

Eleanor Jeannette TROM

  • Born: 21 Mar 1924, Norman County, Minnesota, USA 2
  • Marriage: Byron Keith BERGEE on 4 Oct 1941 in Halstad, Norman County, Minnesota, USA 1
  • Died: 26 Oct 2004, Clay County, Minnesota, USA at age 80 3

  Noted events in her life were:

• Residence: last, 2004, Clay County, Minnesota, USA. Last Residence: 56529 Dilworth, Clay, Minnesota

• Cemetery: Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Hendrum, 2004, Norman County, Minnesota, USA.

• Obituary, 2004, MN. J. Bergee, 80, Dilworth, MN, died Tuesday, October 26, 2004, in her home.

Eleanor Jeannette Trom was born March 21, 1924, to Selmer and Myrtle (Hellerud) Trom in Hendrum, MN. She was baptized and confirmed in Immanuel Lutheran Church, Hendrum, by Rev. J.J. Jacobson. She grew up and received her education at Hendrum Public School, later moving to Halstad, MN, where she attended her last year of high school.

On October 4, 1941, Eleanor was united in marriage to Byron Bergee by Pastor Oliver Siem in Halstad. They continued to live in Halstad raising their two sons, Eugene and Gale, and one daughter, Sherry. In 1985 they moved to Detroit Lakes, MN, and in 1992 to Dilworth. They spent their winters in Arizona for eighteen years.

Eleanor enjoyed entertaining family and friends and was always waiting for company with coffee and a smile. She will be dearly missed.

Eleanor is survived by her husband, Byron, Dilworth; two sons, Eugene (Barbara) Bergee, Dilworth, and Gale (Linda) Bergee, Ada, MN; two brothers, Gerald (Virgina) Trom, Ulen, MN, and Chester (Roberta) Trom, Mesa, AZ; nine grandchildren; and nineteen great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Sherry; her parents and a great-granddaughter, Shayna Marie Erickson.

Visitation: Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004, from 3 PM - 8 PM with a prayer service 7 PM Korsmo Funeral Service, Moorhead
Funeral: Monday, Nov. 1, 2004, 1:30 PM Dilworth Lutheran Church Dilworth, MN
Burial: Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Hendrum, MN


Eleanor married Byron Keith BERGEE, son of Arthur BERGEE and Minnie HOUSKE, on 4 Oct 1941 in Halstad, Norman County, Minnesota, USA.1 (Byron Keith BERGEE was born on 31 Aug 1921 in Norman County, Minnesota, USA 4 and died on 20 Oct 2012 in Halstad, Norman County, Minnesota, USA.)


Sources


1 Minnesota Official Marriage System (MMS), 11-634 Norman.

2 Minnesota Birth Certificate Index, certid# 1924-21434
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3 Social Security Death Index, 2004 Clay Bergee.

4 Minnesota Birth Certificate Index, certid# 1921-22940 [Berge, Byron Kieth].


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