This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ELSESSER, MARTHALER Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/sSC.2ACIAE/10 Message Board Post: Abstract from BEAVER DAM - DAILY CITIZEN Elden R. Elsesser, 84, of 900 DeClark St., Beaver Dam, died on Monday, Feb. 24, 2003, at the Beaver Dam Community Hospital. The funeral will be held on Thursday, Feb. 27, at 11 a.m., at the Koepsell Funeral Home, Beaver Dam. The Rev. Mark Lindner will officiate. Entombment will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Beaver Dam, with graveside military rites provided by the Beaver Dam American Legion Post 146. Elden was born on Sept. 21, 1918, in Beaver Dam, the son of Frank and Alice (Marthaler) Elsesser. He was married to Gail Lilliquist on July 5, 1947, in Beaver Dam. Elden graduated from Beaver Dam High School in 1936. He was employed at the Monarch Range Co. for 45 years. He served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II with duty overseas, receiving the Navy Unit Commendation and the Presidential Unit citation. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Gail in 1981; one daughter in infancy, and one brother, Aaron in 1988. Friends may call on Thursday, Feb. 27, from 1! 0 a.m. until the time of service at the Koepsell Funeral Home, Beaver Dam. The Koepsell Funeral Home, Beaver Dam, is serving the family. === I am not related