Ella Rahlfs

Ella Rahlfs age 104 of Blair died December 28, 2014 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Community in Blair. Funeral services will be held at Friday at 10:30AM at First Lutheran Church in Blair. Interment will follow services in the Blair Cemetery. Viewing will be held Thursday from 3:00 to 5:00PM at Campbell Aman Funeral Home, Visitation will be held later that evening at First Lutheran Church with family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00PM.

Ella Rahlfs was born on September 24, 1910 on the family farm north of Kennard, Nebraska to Henry and Johanna (Hansen) Jensen. She was baptized and confirmed at the Emmaus Lutheran Church in Kennard. She attended the Brewster school southwest of Blair. She married Roy Rahlfs November 18, 1933 at her home near Kennard. They moved to a farm in the Orum area, where they lived and farmed for 60 years. They joined the Orum Lutheran church where their children were baptized and confirmed. In later years they joined the First Lutheran Church in Blair, where Ella was a member of the Martha Circle for many years.

After the death of her husband in 1995 she remained on the farm until 2004 when she moved to Blair.

She is survived by her daughter Marilyn Leehy, son and daughter-in-law Mitchell and Mary Jean Rahlfs all of Blair, and son John Rahlfs of Omaha, 7 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and 6 great-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by sister in law, Lola Rahlfs of Blair along with many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband Roy Rahlfs, her parents, son Kenneth Rahlfs and son-in-law Jim Leehy, sisters; Mable Swanson, Bertha Jacobs, brothers; Arthur, William, Leslie, Albert and Oscar Jensen, and sister-in-law Evelena Love.

Memorials may be directed to Good Shepherd Lutheran Community or First Lutheran Church in Blair.