Funeral services were Thursday, December 10, at First Lutheran Church at Oakland for Ella Lauersen, 79, of Oakland, who died December 7, 1981, at her home.

Rev. John Pierson conducted the services. Burial was in West Admah Cemetery in Washington County.

Ella Lauersen was born October 22, 1902, in Washington County to J.R. and Elizabeth Christiansen. She was confirmed at Elim Lutheran Church near Hooper on September 3, 1916.

She graduated from Hooper High School in 1920 and attended Midland College. She worked as a secretary until her marriage.

She married Leslie W. Lauersen on April 30, 1925, at Hooper. They lived east of Uehling, farming from 1925 to 1941, when they moved to Oakland.

She was a member of Lutheran Church Women and a lifetime member of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). She belonged to the Oakland WCTU and the Oakland Garden Club.

She was preceded in death by her husband on November 16, 1965; her parents; two brothers, Clavin Christiansen and William Christiansen; three sisters, Mrs. Carl (Jessie) Hanson, Mrs. N.A. (Christina) Greenwood and Mrs. Arthur N. (Lillie) Anderson; and three grandchildren.

She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Derald (Shirley) Crom of Herman; Mrs. Kenneth (Marilyn) Stonum of Newport, Kentucky; Mrs. Robert (Elizabeth) Yost of Coleridge and Mrs. Don (Ruth) Tucker of Elkhorn. One brother, E.R. Christiansen of Fremont; a sister, Mrs. Julia Peterson of Blair; 11 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews also survive her.

Pallbearers were her nephews, Merlin Flanders, John Nelson, Henry Stouffer, David Greenwood, Richard Petersen and Roger Stricklett.

Palmquist Funeral Home in Oakland was in charge of arrangements for the services.