After 81 years, Staff Sgt. Irvin C. Ellingson can rest close to home

After 81 years, Staff Sgt. Irvin C. Ellingson can rest close to home

DAHLEN, N.D. — Lon Enerson has been sending emails out to 115 different Ellingson households to keep them updated about the status of remains that could contain a family member who, for 81 years, never got to come home. On Saturday, June 20, the family finally put Uncle Irvin to rest. “Every time someone would pass away, we would say, ‘oh, now they know what happened to Irvin,’” said Enerson. The church in Dahlen, North Dakota, was packed for a …