Cemetery RecordChanhassen Pioneer Cemetery
Lot 22.6 update Date 4/24/2006
Grave Status Harriet Louise Elmblad
Place of Birth Minneapolis, MN
Place of Death Maple Plain, MN
Age 93 years, 4 months, 2 days
Marital Status Married
Mother Hattie E. Newton
Father Willis W. Wilson
Children Barbara Meyer, Bonnie (Dick) McGinnis, Beatrice (David) Guntzel, Donald Elmblad II
Occupation Secretary to Superintendent of Minnetonka Schools
Military Status
Baptized
Occupant Information
Name
Harriet Louise Wilson Elmblad
Sex
Female
Social Sec. No.
Lot 22.6 Update Date 4/24/2006
Name Harriet Louise Wilson Elmblad
Comments/History Harriet Louise Elmblad's obituary was published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune
and read:
Harriet Louise (Wilson) Elmblad
Elmblad (Wilson), Harriet Louise age 93, born August 28, 1912, of Minnetonka and Maple Plain, MN.
She is survived by husband, Donald; children, Barbara Meyer, Bonnie (Dick) McGinnis, Bea (David)
Guntzel, and Donald II; grandchildren, Tamara Larsen, Kirk Meyer, Dawn Remme, Rich McGinnis,
Diane Hauser, Scoff McGinnis, Karen Ingle, Todd Guntzel and Beth Hoiland. 15 great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by parents, Willis and Elva Wilson; sister, Olive Neumann; grandson Eric
Guntzel, and son -in- law, Dennis Meyer. Memorial Service, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2006 at 11:00 A.M.,
Trinity Episcopal Church, 322 2nd St., Excelsior, MN (952-474-5263). Gathering of family & friends,
one hour prior to service at church. Private interment, Chanhassen Pioneer Cemetery. Memorials
preferred to Trinity Church. Huber Funeral Home & Cremation Services Excelsior Chapel 952-474
-9595
There was another obituary that was published by Huber Funeral Home (possibly published in a
local newspaper):
Elmblad, Harriet Louise died December 30, 2005. She was born August 28, 1912 in Minneapolis,
MN to Willis Wilber & Hattie Elva (Newton) Wilson. She lived her entire life in the Lake Minnetonka
area aside for a couple years as a young child with her family in Byron, Illinois. Her first job after
high school was at the Excelsior office of Northern States Power. After a full decade of courtship,
she was united in marriage with Don Elmblad on August 1, 1936 at Trinity Episcopal Chapel in
Excelsior. She turned in her typewriter in 1938 to begin raising a family of four, returning to the
workforce in 1957 when her children were sufficiently of age. She worked across Highway 7 as a
secretary at Minnetonka High School. Her talents shined and she became secretary to the
Superintendent of Minnetonka Schools until her retirement in spring 1972. She returned to
secretarial duties in the mid-1970s at Trinity Episcopal Church where she, like her mother before
her, was ever-present for nine decades. Tender and kind, she was ever -ready to entertain guests
with a gracious serving of whatever treat she may have in store. Her pen was never still, writing
hundreds of poems for any and all events from anniversaries to tooth extractions. She is preceded in
death by her parents, sister Olive, son-in-law Dennis Meyer, and grandson Eric Guntzel. "I'll meet
you up above and please if I don't come up, come down below and visit me. I will always need you
Baby. I miss you more each day and only wish you were here. Good nite Harriet you little darling. I'll
see you in my thoughts tonight." Don Elmblad, 1931
Children:
Barbara Meyer married in 1961
Bonnie & Dick McGinnis married in 1958
Beatrice (born 1943) & David Guntzel married in 1943