Tom L. Ellingson

Tom Ellingson, 61, of Breckenridge, MN passed away on Monday, October 28, 2024. He was the loving son of Jane Ellingson; dear brother of Dan (Sue) Ellingson, David Ellingson, and Jeff (Gail Bach) Ellingson; fond uncle of Tori (Tyler) Reiff, Nikki Ellingson, nephew Jaden (Hannah) Ellingson, nieces, Sophia Ellingson, and Samantha Ellingson.

A Memorial Service in his honor will be held Friday, November 8, 2024, at 11 AM at Vertin Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton. A visitation will take place one hour prior to the Memorial Service. Rene Hasbargen will officiate. Interment private.

SO GOD MADE TRUCKER

God said, I need someone willing to get up before Dawn in a foreign town, inspect his truck, work all day delivering anything and everything we need to survive, care for everyone traveling the roads, then at the end of a long day call his family who he is away from yet again.

SO GOD MADE TRUCKER

God said, I need somebody wiling to drive a 40-ton truck all night through snow, sleet, and rain with nerves of steel. I need somebody who can repair a truck in zero - degree weather while cars drive by at 70 miles per hour. I need someone who can secure a load to an icy trailer in 40-mile winds, and someone who can repair anything with duct tape, bailing wire and elbow grease. I need someone who will drive 600 miles in a single day dodging cars that don't see him in the mirror, then crawl into the sleeper for a few hours rest, and longing for their Family at home & put in another 600 miles the next day.

SO GOD MADE TRUCKER

God said, I need somebody strong enough to lift a hundred pounds, yet gentle enough to waive a small child across the street, and who will stop his truck for an hour to save a lost dog or to assist a scared single mom whose car has broken down. It has to be somebody who'd drive straight and steady for hours on end, someone to drive, repair, load, secure, and unload for countless hours, and serve others that don't respect them and watch out for everyone. Somebody who would keep a family together from thousands of miles away, never asking anyone for anything. Someone who would laugh, then sigh and then reply with smiling eyes; when his son says that he wants to spend his life doing what Daddy does.

SO GOD MADE TRUCKER

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