Elvina Regina (Borngraber) Hassler (1908 - 1997)

Born 9 Jan 1908 in Delmont, Douglas County, South Dakota, United States

Died 28 May 1997 at age 89 in Lewistown, Fergus County, Montana, United States

Biography

Elvina was born in 1908. She passed away in 1997.

Obituary

Elvina Regina (Borngraber) Hassler, 89, died Tuesday in a Lewistown hospital of natural causes. Her funeral is 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Paul Lutheran Church, with burial in Lewistown City Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the church. Creel Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

She was born Jan. 9, 1908, at Delmont, S.D. The family moved to Montana when she was young and she attended school at Roy and Brooks. She moved to Iowa, where she finished her education and then returned to Montana.

On Dec. 20, 1925, she married William Hassler at Lewistown.

Her hobbies were gardening, crocheting and sewing and she was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church and Hilger Women's Club.

Surviving are a daughter, Sue Glenn of Hilger, a son, Lyle Hassler of Hilger; sisters, Olga Hassler of Lewistown and Annie Troll of Iowa; and four grandchildren.

Her husband died in 1983 and a son, Harold, died in 1972.

Sources

• "South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births 1843-1914 and Marriages 1950-2016," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKD8-61DW : 11 February 2018), Alvina Borngreber, 09 Jan 1908; citing Birth, Charles Mix, South Dakota, United States, South Dakota Department of Health, Pierre.
• "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3QX-K9H : 25 September 2017), William G.F. Hassler and Elwina Borngraeber, 20 Dec 1925; citing Marriage, Lewistown, Fergus, Montana, county courthouses, Montana; FHL microfilm 1,941,298.
• "Montana, Cascade County Records, 1880-2009," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM7-QQ44 : 4 August 2017), Elvina Regina Borngraber Hassler, 28 May 1997; citing Death, Great Falls Tribune newspaper, volume date range Hansoni-Hauk, 1880-2002, Great Falls Genealogy Society.