Ellingson, Wayne D.

Wayne D. Ellingson, 64, of Brookings, S.D., died Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010, at Brookings Hospital. Funeral services were Oct. 29 at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 31, at Big Canoe Lutheran Church, Highlandville, Iowa. Interment: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 2, at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis.

Survivors include his wife, Sue of Brookings; two sons, Brad and his wife, Kate, of Springfield, Ill., and Tim and his fiancee, Maggie, of Minnetonka, Minn.; two grandchildren, Jamie and Ashlyn; a brother, Dennis (Beka) Ellingson of Decorah; and a sister, Karen Castle of Murphys, Calif.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Wayne Davis Ellingson was born Dec. 30, 1945, in Decorah, Iowa, to Lester and Ellen (Amundson) Ellingson. He attended school in Decorah and was active in the Decorah Kilties Drum and Bugle Corps, football, basketball, baseball, and track and field. He was a member of the National Honor Society. He received a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Iowa State University in 1970.

Wayne served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. On Feb. 24, 1973, he married Susan Razskazoff. Wayne was an instructor of economics and statistics at SDSU in Brookings. He served on the Brookings Park and Recreation Board, Brookings Ice Skating Association Board, and as a South Dakota Hockey registrar. He coached soccer, baseball, and hockey. He was a member of the American Statistical Association. His special interests included baseball, the Green Bay Packers, gardening, economic policy, and doing home improvement projects. He loved to cook.

Memorials will be donated to a scholarship fund in Wayne's name.