The Funeral Service for Lucille G. Michelson, age 97, of Elgin formerly of Lark will be held at 10:30am MT Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at the Bethel Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Carson. Pastor Paul Ferrie will officiate with burial in the Lark Cemetery.

Serving as casketbearers are David Michelson, Mitch Michelson, Shaye Anderson, Isaac Arnson, Matt Wallin, and Jordin Paulson.
Lucille Geraldine Wessel, the third daughter of William (Bill) and Selma (Nyland) Wessel, was born in Leith, ND on the 21st day of July 1918. She graduated from Leith High School in 1937 and went to Teachers College in Dickinson, ND for two years.

During WWII and in the fall of 1943, she took the train to Seattle, WA where she worked for Boeing Aircraft as a riveter on the B-17 and B-29 planes. When the last one (5000) of the B-17 was built, it was called the 5 Grand and all wrote their names on it. At the end of the war in 1945, she returned to North Dakota where she continued to teach in various country schools in Grant County.


Lucille was united in marriage to Monroe Michelson on July 2, 1947 in Dickinson, ND. They farmed and ranched, and raised their four sons south of Lark. Monroe passed away on November 2, 1986 and she continued to live on the farm until moving in to Carson. The last few years she has resided at Dakota Hills and the Jacobson Memorial Care Center in Elgin. She passed from this life there on Thursday, June 9, 2016.

She loved sewing, crocheting, and gardening. She read her Bible and was a woman of deep faith who was loved by many.


Lucille was a member of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Missionary Society, and Homemakers Club.

Surviving family members include her 4 sons and daughters-in-law, Joel and Claudia Michelson, Williston, ND; Neal and Ruth Michelson, Flasher, ND; Mark Michelson, Mandan, ND: Lynn and Jody Michelson, Crosby, ND; 8 grandchildren, Melissa (Duane) Anderson, Rebecca (Scott Arneson) Michelson, David (Dana ) Michelson, Kasey Michelson, Mitch Michelson, Candyce (Matt) Wallin, Sheri (Jordin) Paulson, and Tiffany Michelson; 8 great grandchildren, Shaye, Ashton, and Rylie Anderson, Isaac Arnson, Myles Michelson, Cobain and Hendrix Paulson, and Emmy Lu Wallin; one sister, Phyllis Albrecht, Sno Homish, WA.

Lucille will be remembered as a very loving, devoted mother, grandmother, and homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her husband, 4 sisters, Hazel Wessel, Esther Tibke, Connie Johnson, and Marion Goronsky.

Visitation will be held from 1:00 to 7:00 pm on Monday at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Elgin and on Tuesday one hour prior to services at the church in Carson.