Peggy Lee (Barber) Ellingson, 63, of Wood Lake, Minnesota, died Wednesday, December 30, 2009, at the Granite Falls Hospital, following a three and one-half year battle with cancer, with her husband Vernon and very special friend Traci Storms by her side. Peggy was born June 3, 1946, in Wang Township, Renville County, Minnesota, to Vergil and Ella (Standfuss) Barber. She was baptized on July 7, 1946, at Methodist Church, Renville and was confirmed May 28, 1961, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Granite Falls, Minnesota, by Rev. Tr. H. Rehwalt. On December 11, 1965, she married Vernon Wayne Ellingson at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Granite Falls, by Rev. Rehwalt. After marriage, they lived in Hanley Falls, Minnesota, then rural route Montevideo, Minnesota. They moved to Grandpa and Grandma Ellingson's farm in rural Wood Lake in 1968. There she loved her family, her collection of antiques, gardening, cats and being a farm wife. In 1984 she started working at the Granite Falls Manor where she was a Rehabilitation Nursing Assistant. She retired in September of 2009. She was preceded in death by her father, Vergil J. Barber; her mother-in-law, Mavis Ellingson; one niece, Leslie Ellingson; sisters-in-law, Geryl Ellingson and Marge Ellingson. She is survived by her husband, Vernon Wayne of Wood Lake; her sons Wayne Lee of Prior Lake, Minnesota, and Shawn Lee and special friend Traci Storms of Summit, South Dakota; her mother, Ella A. Barber of Granite Falls; her sister, Eileen (James) Wegner of Granite Falls; her brother Rick (Holly Jo) Barber of Luverne, Minnesota; Grandson, Jared Storms of Summit, South Dakota; her father-in-law, Lyman F. Ellingson of Granite Falls and special family friend Adam Ohlgart of Prior Lake, Minnesota. She started her schooling in Sacred Heart Schools. During the first grade they moved from their farm in rural Sacred Heart to Granite Falls. She attended Granite Falls High School and received her diploma. When she was younger she loved spending summer vacations with her aunts, Edith (Barber) Kvendru and Beulah (Barber) Strand. She loved the time spent on the farm. She taught Sunday School at both St. Paul Lutheran and Yellow Medicine Lutheran. She was a member of Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church, American Legion Auxiliary, Pioneer Power and Minnesota Machinery Museum, all of Hanley Falls. She looked forward to the numerous vacations and trips they took to visit special family friends on their ranch in Wyoming. In Loving Memory of Peggy L. Ellingson Visitation Sunday, January 3, 2010 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Prayer Service - 5:00 p.m. Lynner Funeral Home, Clarkfield, Minnesota Funeral Service Monday, January 4, 2010 ~ 11:00 a.m. Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church, Hanley Falls, Minnesota Clergy Officiating, Pastor Steve Weston Organist, Colleen Hewitt Congregational Hymns "How Great Thou Art!" "Children of the Heavenly Father" "Softly and Tenderly" "On Eagles Wings" "Beautiful Savior" Casketbearers (Peggy's sons) Wayne Ellingson ~ Shawn Ellingson Jared Storms (Grandson) ~ Rick Barber (brother to Peg) Ashley Barber (niece) and Nicholas Barber (nephew) Adam Ohlgart (family friend) Final Resting Place East Yellow Medicine Lutheran Cemetery Hanley Falls, Minnesota Arrangements by Lynner Funeral Home Since 1891 Clarkfield Minnesota