Ebba Hellerstedt

Ebba Hellerstedt, 89, Moose Lake, died Thursday, November 21, 2013 in Augustana Mercy Health Care Center, Moose Lake.


She was born on September 7, 1924 in Moose Lake to Charles and Ellen (Peterson) Hoglund. She was raised in the Moose Lake area graduating from Moose Lake High School in 1942. After high school, Ebba attended cosmetology school in Minneapolis where she received her beautician's license. Ebba then moved to Washington DC to work for the Justice Department (FBI) for the remainder of WWII. On July 6, 1946, Ebba married LeRoy Hellerstedt. They lived most of their married life in Moose Lake where they raised six children. Ebba worked a number of years as a beautician before joining the Moose Lake Public School System as a secretary where she was employed 27 years before retiring in 1987. Ebba was highly respected and well liked within the community, especially in the school by faculty and students alike.

Ebba was preceded in death by her husband, Leroy in 2009; her parents; sister: Evelyn Zasoski; and two son-in-laws: Mauri Booton and William Kiehl.

She will be lovingly remembered by one son: Howard (Barbara) Hellerstedt of Woodstock, GA; and five daughters: Ann (Darrell) Kopplin of Nisswa; Mary Hellerstedt of Des Moines; Carol Kiehl of White Bear Lake; Lois Hellerstedt of Moose Lake; and Amy (Gary) Nesgoda of Duluth; ten grandchildren; thirteen great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be on Monday, November 25, 2013 from 4-6 PM in Hamlin-Hansen-Kosloski Funeral Home and continue from 10 AM until the 11 AM service on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 in Hope Lutheran Church, Moose Lake. Wendy Hjelmberg, AIM will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Cemetery, Moose Lake.

Arrangements by Hamlin-Hansen-Kosloski Funeral Home, Moose Lake.