Ellen Carlson

Ellen Carlson, 95, of

Powers Lake, ND more re-

cently of Minot, ND

passed away on Tuesday,

January 11, 2022 at the

Trinity Health Hospital in

Minot, ND. Fulkerson

Stevenson Funeral Home

of Tioga is assisting the

family. Condolences may

be left on our funeral

home website at

www.fulkersons.com.

Ellen’s Funeral Service

will be held on Monday,

January 17th, 2022 at

11:00 am at Bethel Luth-

eran Church in

Battleview, ND. Pastor

Mike Olson will officiate.

Ellen will be laid to rest

Spring of 2022 at the

Battleview Cemetery in

Battleview, ND. A Family

& Friends Service will be

held at 5:00 PM at the

Bethel Lutheran Church

in Battleview on Sunday,

January 16th, 2022. Visi-

tation will be held at the

Bethel Lutheran Church

in Battleview on Sunday,

January 16, 2022 from

3:00 PM to 5:00 PM and

one hour prior to service.

The Funeral Service

will be livestreamed, you

can view Ellen’s service

directly on her obituary

page on our website

www.fulkersons.com.

Ellen Ruth Berg was

born February 4, 1926, the

seventh child of Martin

and Kirsti Berg, on their

homestead north of Battle

View, ND. She was bap-

tized on February 26,

1926. Ellen attended

Pleasant View Grade

School. She also attended

catechism and Bible study

classes and was con-

firmed at Scandia Luth-

eran Church in 1938. El-

len graduated from

Columbus High School in

May 1944.

Ellen obtained a teach-

ing certificate from Minot

State Teacher’s College

and taught school in

Pleasant View grade

school. Her last year of

teaching was 1949.

She married Donald

Carlson from Battle View

country on July 7, 1946 at

Scandia Lutheran Church.

After the wedding they

moved to the Carlson fam-

ily farm. After retirement

they moved to Powers

Lake, ND. Donald passed

away October 15, 1989.

She then moved to Wel-

lington Assisted Living

Facility and later Maple

View Memory Care in

Minot ND.

Ellen and Donald had

three beloved children:

Karen (Bob) Holte, Minot,

Debra (Rick) Carlson,

Grand Forks, and Mark

Carlson, Battle View.

She was dedicated to

her family and faith. Ellen

loved music, singing in

choir, playing the organ or

piano, cooking, baking,

needlework, sewing, and

quilting. She liked to stay

busy. Ellen was a Sunday

school teacher, church pi-

anist, member of Ladies

Aid, and quilter at Bethel

Lutheran Church in Battle

View.

Ellen is survived by her

children, Karen (Bob)

Holte, Minot, Debra (Rick)

Carlson, Grand Forks, and

Mark Carlson, Battle

View, sisters Borghild

Berg, California, and Irene

Hellekson, Bismarck, ND;

grandchildren, Lindsey

(Jordan) Jensen, Powers

Lake, and Cassie (Zach)

Kemmer, Bismarck, ND,

and great- grandchildren,

Eastlin, Jace, Gage, and

Kyson Jensen, Henley and

Hoyt Kemmer, and

numerous nieces and

nephews.

Ellen was preceded in

death by her husband,

Donald; parents, Martin

and Kirsti Berg; her

in-laws, Hartvig and Dag-

ney Carlson; brothers, Od-

mar, Arnold, Magne,

Harold, and Kenneth; sis-

ters, Signe, Olga, and

Agnes; daughter-in-law,

Kristy Carlson;

brothers-in-law, Norman

Eggen, Harvey Carlson,

Jerry Hamerlik, Bob Hel-

lekson, Henry Carlson, Al-

bin Melberg, Elmer Mar-

tinson, Ed Sampson, Fred

Piper, Glenn Grote, Wil-

bur Carlson, Obert Carl-

son and Helmer Kristian-

son; sisters-in-law, Hazel,

Lyleen , and Doris Berg,

Hazel Melberg, Ruby Mar-

tinson, Clarice Carlson,

Ellen Carlson, Syneva

Sampson, and Stella Piper

and numerous other fami-

ly members.