Ellen Hatter

Ellen Hatter, 94 of Roseburg, Oregon formerly of Devils Lake, ND died early Monday morning, October 17, 2005 at Mercy Hospital in Roseburg. Funeral Services for Ellen will be held on Saturday, October 22, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Olaf Lutheran Church, Devils Lake. Rev. Harold Ovre will officiate and burial will be the Devils Lake Cemetery. Friends may call at the Gilbertson Funeral Home, Devils Lake on Friday, October 21, 2005 from 1:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. with the family present from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Visitation on Saturday will be from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Serving as Casket Bearers will be: Allan Brundell, Jerry Miller, Duane Bye, Scott Pearson, Chuck Sjostrom, Jr. and Gerald Bryn. Music will be provided by Joan Micheletti and Donovan Foughty with Lynda Pearson as Organist. Ellen was born on December 31, 1910, on her parents’ farm west of Devils Lake, ND, to Norwegian immigrant parents, Thorvald and Marit (Odegaard) Bryn. Her elementary education took place in a one room rural school. Ellen graduated from Devils Lake High School in 1929 and then received her two-year teaching certificate from Mayville State Teachers’ College. Her first teaching experiences were at Bay One and Three, Dry Lake, Pelican and Penn. After several years of being a mother and housewife, she spent her last fifteen years of teaching at Prairie View and Minnie-H in Devils Lake, retiring in 1972. She married Chester Hatter in 1935. In 1945, they purchased the Morgan farm in Pelican Township. They made the permanent move into Devils Lake in 1964. Chester preceded her in death in 1987. Ellen is survived by her Son: Duane and his wife, Lucile and Lucile’s daughters, Susanne, Donna and Tamara and their children Jake, Katie and Kellie Daughter: Beverly Pearson and husband, Robert and Ellen’s grandson, Scott Pearson and wife, Cris and granddaughter, Shelli Bedell Brother: Raymond Bryn and wife, Evelyn Sister-In-Law: June Bryn Sister-In-Law: Gladys Sjostrom and husband, Chuck Several Nieces and Nephews Preceding her in death were her parents; husband, Chester; brothers, Theodore, Arthur, Merton and Kenneth; sisters, Olga Bryn, Clara Moen, Agnes Douglas, Gladyce Burns and Minnie Johnston. Ellen and Chester spent several winters in Arizona and enjoyed most of the Christmas holidays with Duane and Beverly in Roseburg. Ellen took a trip in 1995 with Duane and Lucile to Norway to visit her cousins, and afterwards she went on her first cruise with Beverly. You could find her spending hours doing crossword puzzles, watching her favorite game shows and making quilt tops for the missions. She loved the time she spent with the quilting group at St. Olaf Lutheran Church. In 2001, when Ellen’s health began to fail, Duane and Beverly moved her to Roseburg, Oregon where could be near them and receive extra care. It was then she found she loved doing jigsaw puzzles. Ellen was a member of St. Olaf Lutheran Church, WELCA and Retired Teacher’s Association.