Ella Flaten

Ella Marie Flaten, 90, of Portland, ND passed away Friday, April 21, 2017 at Sanford Medical Center in Mayville, ND. Funeral services will be held Friday, April 28, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. at Little Forks Lutheran Church, rural Hatton. A visitation will be held Thursday, April 27, 2017 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. with a 7:00 p.m. prayer service at the church.

Ella Marie Nyhus was born July 4, 1926 on the family farm near Hatton to Edward and Olga (Erickson) Nyhus. On August 29, 1948, she married Hilmen Flaten in Moorhead, MN and they resided in Portland. They moved to a farm near High Landing, MN and then to Plummer, MN, where they farmed until moving to Mayville in 1970 and then to Portland in 1977. Ella enjoyed cooking, baking and tending her flower beds. She was a life-long member of Little Forks Lutheran Church. Ella's greatest asset was her love for her family, a quality she passed onto her children.

Survivors include her sons: Larry and David Flaten, Hatton; Dale (Brittani) Flaten, Portland, ND; daughters: Irene Teigland, East Grand Forks, MN and Karen Amundson, Portland, ND; 10 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, 5 great-great-grandchildren.

Preceding her in death were her parents, brother, Elvin; husband, Hilmen; daughters-in-law, Joanne Flaten and Dorothy Flaten; son-in-law, Ronnie Teigland; granddaughter, Shelley Flaten; great-grandson, Cole Dickman.