Elaine Grim

DANNEBROG -- Elaine Grim, 72, of Dannebrog died Tuesday, January 06, 2004 in Dannebrog.

Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Dannebrog. The Rev. Robert Carlson Jr. will officiate.

Burial will be in the Oakridge Cemetery in Dannebrog.

Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. and from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul.

Mrs. Grim was born April 3, 1931, in rural Dannebrog to Gustav and Dora (Becker) Lemburg.

She was preceded in death by husband Arnold on June 10, 1999.

Survivors of the immediate family include three sons and one daughter-in-law, Larry and Susan Grim of San Diego, Kelly Grim of Lincoln, and Harry Grim of Twin Bridges, Mont; three daughters and sons-in-law, Paula and David Snider of Dannebrog, Mary and Neal Trentman of Yutan, and Sherry and Tom Moore of Grand Island; one sister, Lois Drake of New Johnsonville, Tenn.; two brothers, Mervin Lemburg of Mesa, Ariz., and Lowen Lemburg of Palmer; and a daughter-in-law, Beth Cumming of Dannebrog.

Also surviving are 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

She attended school at District No. 16 near Dannebrog and then Grand Island Senior High School, where she graduated in 1947. She then worked at St. Francis Hospital for a short time.

She was united in marriage to Arnold Grim on Feb. 28, 1949, in Denver. The couple lived all of their married life in Dannebrog. She worked for Our Saviour's Lutheran Church for 43 years. She enjoyed cleaning houses for different people for many years.

She enjoyed being with her family and friends. Her hobbies included fishing, camping, boating, embroidery, gardening and poetry. She was also active in the Red Cross by donating blood and taking her children to swimming lessons.

She was a member of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church and the Lois Church Circle of Dannebrog. She was a longtime fireman's wife.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Arnold; two daughters, Shelly Harders and an infant daughter, Jewell; two brothers, Leroy and Willis Lemburg; two infant brothers; and one sister, Phyllis Vogel.

Memorials are suggested to the church.