Columbus
Ellen E. Maki
1930 — 2024
Ellen Eileen (Heikkila) Maki, age 93, of Columbus, Minnesota for over 50 years, passed away peacefully on January 1, 2024. She was born August 4, 1930 in Cromwell, Minnesota. She graduated as valedictorian from Cromwell High School and received a degree from Duluth Business University. She married Franklin Maki on September 23, 1950. Ellen was a full-time homemaker and was devoted to and much loved by her family. She earned her wings by watching for enemy aircraft as a member of the Ground Observer Corps, a civilian branch of the United States Air Force Civil Defense service. She loved to read, and she served for many years as a reading and math teaching assistant in the Forest Lake public...