Georgia Ellerbrock, 84, of Carroll, died Monday, January 20, 2014 at St. Anthony Nursing Home in Carroll.
Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1:30 p.m. Friday, January 24, 2014 at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Carroll. The Celebrant will be Fr. Timothy Schott. Music will be by Marcy Anderson and the St. Lawrence Choir. Lector for the funeral mass will be Diane Hannasch. Gift Bearers will be Georgia’s children: Jim Ellerbrock, Jane Frederick, and Joan Phillips. Eucharistic Ministers will be: Jean Knobbe, Ann Christiansen. Honorary Casket Bearers will be: Lenus Schulte, Don Smith, Tom Gorman, and Jeff Ellerbrock. Casket Bearers will be: Matt Ellerbrock, Dan Frederick, Brian Phillips, Tim Schulte, Bob Schulte, and Dave Reiling. Burial will be at 3:30 p.m. Friday at St. Mary’s Cemetery near Auburn.
Visitation will begin at noon on Friday at St. Lawrence Church in Carroll until time of the funeral mass.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll and online condolences may be left for Georgia’s family at www.sharpfuneral.com.
Born on November 10, 1929 at Decatur, Indiana, Georgia was the daughter of George and Helen (Gass) Andrews. Georgia and her family moved to South Bend, Indiana in 1935. She graduated from 8th Grade at St. Monica’s in Mishawaka, Indiana, and attended two years at Mishawaka High School. The family then moved to Lake City, in 1945 where she graduated from Lake City High School with the Class of 1947. On Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1950 she was united in marriage to Edwin Ellerbrock at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Lake City. Georgia lived on Edwin’s family century farm for 36 years where they raised their three children. She moved to Carroll after the death of Edwin.
Georgia was a devoted wife and mother, and also worked at Continental Telephone Company in Lake City. She was active in several card clubs and also enjoyed embroidery, paint by numbers, bingo, reading, and word searches. Georgia also had a deep devotion to her faith being active with St. Mary’s Parish in Auburn, former Legion Auxiliary member, and St. Mary’s Rosary Society. Currently Georgia was a member of St. Lawrence Parish in Carroll.
Survivors include her children: Jim Ellerbrock and wife Val of Granada Hills, CA, Jane Frederick and husband Dennis of Storm Lake, and Joan Phillips and husband Kenny of Indianola; her grandchildren: Matt Ellerbrock, Jennifer Ellerbrock, Susan (Craig) Kimmerling, Dan (Karlin) Frederick, Brian Phillips, Sarah Phillips; her siblings: Sue (Ken) Phillips, of Laguna Woods, CA, and Jim (Ardis) Andrews of The Villages, FL; her sister-in-law: Mary Ann (Lenus) Schulte of Carroll; as well as other extended relatives and friends.
Georgia was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband Edwin in 1987.
