Elizabeth Slindee, age 95, died Sunday evening, February 12, 1984 at St. Mark’s Lutheran Home in Austin.

She is survived by nieces, Mrs. Sadie Peterson, Pettibone, N.D., Mrs. Ruby Werner, Windom, Mn., Mrs. Sylvia Jacobsen, Virginia, Mn., Mrs. Eleanor Williams, Austin, Mn., Mrs. Melvin (Vivian) Wiemerslage, St. Louis Park, Mn.; one nephew, Earl Nelson, Hills, Mn.

Funeral services were held on Wednesday, February 15 at 1:30 at Little Cedar Lutheran Church in Adams. Pastor Allen Gunderson officiated with the organist being Mrs. David Anderson and soloists, Mrs. Eleanor Williams and Mrs. Willard Hardy.

Interment was at Little Cedar cemetery.

Information from Little Cedar Lutheran Church:
Elizabeth was born November 17, 1888, and baptized December 16, 1888, at Adams, MN. She attended school in Adams and later was a student at Southern Minnesota Normal College at Austin, MN, beginning in 1904 and graduating in 1906.

She taught in rural schools - in 1915 at the McKinley School in Marshall township; in the Leroy area in 1918, and also there in 1920 and 1921. In 1919, she worked in a government position at Washington, DC. She studied in Mankato in the summer of 1921. During the summer she often taught at a number of places for Bible School. She taught school at Ellis, SD, and also at Spring Grove.

She was treasurer of the Austin Circuit Young People's Luther league from 1929-1931. She attended Lutheran Bible Institute in Minneapolis from 1931 until graduation in 1933.

When speaking at a Confirmation class reunion on October 15, 1934, she said one of her favorite Bible passages was Isaiah 41:10 - "Fear thou not; for I am with thee; be not dismayed; for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness."

A favorite hymn is "Jesus Only" which was written by Samuel Miller, a Bible professor at L.B.I, and often sung at the school.

Elizabeth now resides at St. Mark's Home in Austin.

Elizabeth Slindee, age 95, died Sunday evening, February 12, 1984 at St. Mark’s Lutheran Home in Austin.

She is survived by nieces, Mrs. Sadie Peterson, Pettibone, N.D., Mrs. Ruby Werner, Windom, Mn., Mrs. Sylvia Jacobsen, Virginia, Mn., Mrs. Eleanor Williams, Austin, Mn., Mrs. Melvin (Vivian) Wiemerslage, St. Louis Park, Mn.; one nephew, Earl Nelson, Hills, Mn.

Funeral services were held on Wednesday, February 15 at 1:30 at Little Cedar Lutheran Church in Adams. Pastor Allen Gunderson officiated with the organist being Mrs. David Anderson and soloists, Mrs. Eleanor Williams and Mrs. Willard Hardy.

Interment was at Little Cedar cemetery.

Information from Little Cedar Lutheran Church:
Elizabeth was born November 17, 1888, and baptized December 16, 1888, at Adams, MN. She attended school in Adams and later was a student at Southern Minnesota Normal College at Austin, MN, beginning in 1904 and graduating in 1906.

She taught in rural schools - in 1915 at the McKinley School in Marshall township; in the Leroy area in 1918, and also there in 1920 and 1921. In 1919, she worked in a government position at Washington, DC. She studied in Mankato in the summer of 1921. During the summer she often taught at a number of places for Bible School. She taught school at Ellis, SD, and also at Spring Grove.

She was treasurer of the Austin Circuit Young People's Luther league from 1929-1931. She attended Lutheran Bible Institute in Minneapolis from 1931 until graduation in 1933.

When speaking at a Confirmation class reunion on October 15, 1934, she said one of her favorite Bible passages was Isaiah 41:10 - "Fear thou not; for I am with thee; be not dismayed; for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness."

A favorite hymn is "Jesus Only" which was written by Samuel Miller, a Bible professor at L.B.I, and often sung at the school.

Elizabeth now resides at St. Mark's Home in Austin.