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Elaine Renee <I>Rupp</I> Harder

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Elaine Renee Rupp Harder

Birth
Cottonwood County, Minnesota, USA
Death
24 Sep 2013 (aged 65)
Saint Anthony, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Westbrook, Cottonwood County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
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Elaine Harder
Saturday, December 27, 1947 to Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Elaine Harder

Dec. 27, 1947 - Sept. 24, 2013

MINNEAPOLIS - Elaine Harder, 65, Jackson, Minn., died Tuesday in St. Anthony Health Center.

Services are pending.

Arrangements by Osterberg Funeral Home in Jackson.

From: Worthington Daily Globe, September 26, 2013
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ELAINE R. HARDER, 65, of Jackson passed away at the St. Anthony Health Care Center in Minneapolis on September 24, 2013. Memorial service will be on Saturday, September 28, 2013 at 1:30 PM at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church with Pastor Lance Issacson officiating. Burial will be at 11AM on Saturday at the Rosehill Mennonite Cemetery in Westbrook.

Visitation will be on Friday from 5 to 7 PM at the Osterberg Funeral Home.

ELAINE RUPP HARDER was born on December 27, 1947 in Windom, Minnesota, the daughter of Russell and Eunice (Haas) Rupp. She graduated from Storden High School in 1966 and later graduated from Mankato State University in 1970. She was united in marriage to Ronald Harder on July 17, 1970 at the Grace Lutheran Church in Westbrook. After marriage, they moved to Jackson. She had been a Home Economics Teacher in St. James and Lakefield, had a radio show for Windom Radio, columnist for Purple Circle magazine, office manager for Harder Livestock, a sales person for the Livewire Printing Company, an Extension Agent for the Cottonwood County, insurance agent for Harder and Associates Insurance Company, a 5 term State Representative for District 22B in the Minnesota House and a freelance Public Relationship agent for the Farmer’s Co-op for their 100 Anniversary. Elaine moved to the Chandler Complex in 2011 in Minneapolis, where she passed away on Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at the age of 65 years, 8 months and 28 days.

Elaine was baptized and confirmed at Grace Lutheran Church in Westbrook and later became a member of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Jackson, where she had been on the Church Council for many years. She was also a member of the Jackson Kiwanis, the Sanford Hospital Board, and Chamber of Commerce. She was a very active member of the Republican Party and had been a founding member of the Beta Clovia Sorority while going to school in Mankato. She had also been a member of many boards in her life time.

Elaine is survived by her two children, Graydon (Lisa) Harder of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Nicole (Ivan) Luk of Fresno, California; 1 grandson, Edward Harder and two siblings, Murl (Mary) Rupp of Westbrook, Minnesota and Cecilie (Roger) Teerink of Worthington, Minnesota, and many nieces and nephews.

Elaine was preceded in death by her parents.

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Elaine Harder
Saturday, December 27, 1947 to Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Elaine Harder

Dec. 27, 1947 - Sept. 24, 2013

MINNEAPOLIS - Elaine Harder, 65, Jackson, Minn., died Tuesday in St. Anthony Health Center.

Services are pending.

Arrangements by Osterberg Funeral Home in Jackson.

From: Worthington Daily Globe, September 26, 2013
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ELAINE R. HARDER, 65, of Jackson passed away at the St. Anthony Health Care Center in Minneapolis on September 24, 2013. Memorial service will be on Saturday, September 28, 2013 at 1:30 PM at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church with Pastor Lance Issacson officiating. Burial will be at 11AM on Saturday at the Rosehill Mennonite Cemetery in Westbrook.

Visitation will be on Friday from 5 to 7 PM at the Osterberg Funeral Home.

ELAINE RUPP HARDER was born on December 27, 1947 in Windom, Minnesota, the daughter of Russell and Eunice (Haas) Rupp. She graduated from Storden High School in 1966 and later graduated from Mankato State University in 1970. She was united in marriage to Ronald Harder on July 17, 1970 at the Grace Lutheran Church in Westbrook. After marriage, they moved to Jackson. She had been a Home Economics Teacher in St. James and Lakefield, had a radio show for Windom Radio, columnist for Purple Circle magazine, office manager for Harder Livestock, a sales person for the Livewire Printing Company, an Extension Agent for the Cottonwood County, insurance agent for Harder and Associates Insurance Company, a 5 term State Representative for District 22B in the Minnesota House and a freelance Public Relationship agent for the Farmer’s Co-op for their 100 Anniversary. Elaine moved to the Chandler Complex in 2011 in Minneapolis, where she passed away on Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at the age of 65 years, 8 months and 28 days.

Elaine was baptized and confirmed at Grace Lutheran Church in Westbrook and later became a member of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Jackson, where she had been on the Church Council for many years. She was also a member of the Jackson Kiwanis, the Sanford Hospital Board, and Chamber of Commerce. She was a very active member of the Republican Party and had been a founding member of the Beta Clovia Sorority while going to school in Mankato. She had also been a member of many boards in her life time.

Elaine is survived by her two children, Graydon (Lisa) Harder of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Nicole (Ivan) Luk of Fresno, California; 1 grandson, Edward Harder and two siblings, Murl (Mary) Rupp of Westbrook, Minnesota and Cecilie (Roger) Teerink of Worthington, Minnesota, and many nieces and nephews.

Elaine was preceded in death by her parents.

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