Mrs. Elsie Elizabeth Larson

Larson, Elsie Elizabeth (nee Bondo)

Passed away peacefully on September 18 2010 at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto.

Will be greatly missed by son Richard Larson and by daughters Ann Larson (Mark Smith), Margaret (Klauss Schroeder), Carole (Roch Vaillancourt), Helen (Kai Mikkelsen), and Mary (Peter Johnson); grandchildren Kirsten and Peter Smith, Carl Eric Schroeder (Kerry), Thomas Schroeder, Anne Marie Vaillancourt, Lisbeth Bondo Hansson (Tim), Kenneth Mikkelsen, Simon and Erin Wright; great-grandchildren Freya, Riley, Elias and Magne.

Elsie was born in 1914 in Davenport, Iowa the daughter of Anna and Viggo Bondo. She was raised in Racine Wisconson and moved with her parents to Toronto in 1930.Elsie graduated from Victoria College (U of T) in 1938 with an honours degree in History and English and subsequently from the Royal Conservatory of music.

She married Carl Larson in September 1938 and dedicated her life to raising her children as well as service to St.Ansgar Lutheran Church, where she was the organist for more than 60 years. Music was central to her life and she was active as church choir director, choir director, choir member, Sunday School teacher and piano teacher. Friends are invited to call at the TRULL FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATION CENTRE “North Toronto Chapel” 2704 Yonge St, Toronto (5 blocks south of Lawrence) on September 21,2010 form 2-4pm and from 7-9 pm. Funeral services will be held at St. Ansgar Lutheran Church 1498 Avenue Rd, North York on September 22, 2010 at 2 o’clock pm. In lieu of flowers donations in Elsie’s memory may be sent to Canadian Lutheran World Relief or to St.Ansgar Endowment Fund