Edna Ogle Skjersaa

Edna O Skjersaa

August 22, 1907 - Portland, Oregon

March 29, 2001 - Bend, Oregon

dau. Delvin & Thea (Tweet) Ogle

m. Nils O Skjersaa, December 31, 1931 - Bend, Oregon

Mausoleum

Edna O. Skjersaa of Bend died Thursday at her home. She was 93.

The visitation will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. today at Niswonger, Reynolds & Tabor Funeral Home. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at First Lutheran Church in Bend. Pastor Joel K. LiaBraaten will officiate. Entombment will follow at Greenwood Memorial Cemetery Mausoleum.

Mrs. Skjersaa was born Aug. 22, 1907, in Portland to Delvin and Thea (Tweet) Ogle. She moved to Bend at an early age and graduated from Bend High School in 1926.

Following high school, she went to work as a stenographer for J. Upton's law office in Bend and at the Brooks-Scanlon mill. She also worked with the Civil Air Patrol and the U.S. Government Rationing Board during World War II.

She married Nils Skjersaa on Dec. 31, 1931, in Bend. He died in 1977.

Mrs. Skjersaa also worked at Carl Erickson's Grocery Store in Bend before helping to start Rose Pharmacy in 1957 with her son-in-law. She worked there for many years until retiring in 1981, though she remained active as a delivery person at the pharmacy until 1990.

She was a member of First Lutheran Church. She was pioneer queen for the Deschutes County Pioneer Association and was a lifetime member of the Sons of Norway. She was the Sons of Norway's first female president.

Mrs. Skjersaa enjoyed foot races as a child and she had enjoyed skiing with her husband. She also enjoyed basketball, hiking, camping and bowling. She was an accomplished musician on the piano and organ and had played the organ for more than 20 years at First Lutheran Church. She also enjoyed playing pinochle and spending time with her family, grandchildren and friends.

Survivors include two daughters, Marcia Rose of Bend and Clara Gilliland of Chehalis, Wash.; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband and a sister, Myrtle Ballantyne.

Memorial contributions may be made to First Lutheran Church, 213 NW Idaho, Bend 97701, or to Central Oregon Hospice, 2698 NE Courtney, Bend 97701.

Source:  Bend Bulletin