The Topeka Daily Capital Monday July 17, 1939 Elmer Crites. Elmer CRITES, former employe of the Union Pacific Railroad Company in Topeka, died Sunday in Kansas City, Mo., according to word received in Topeka. Funeral services will be Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the Rose and Henderson Funeral Home in Kansas City. Burial will be in Mt. Mara Cemetery at St. Joseph, Mo.