This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: elam. Claus Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CBB.2ACE/5852 Message Board Post: May 14, 2006 Western Star, Lebanon, Ohio John ELAM, age 87 went home to be with the Lord, April 25, 2006. He was born April 9, 1919 in Jarvis Store, Kentucky to John Nathan and Alice (Claus) Elam. He attended Knox Central High School in Kentucky. He married Grace Vito in 1940 and was married 65 years. John was in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He has been a member of First Church of God, Mason Grange, Farm Bureau, Warren County Water and Soil Conservation District, 23 years of 4-H involvement and Masonic Lodge No. 678. He was employed with Jackson & Elam Sod Company, Agri Urban, and City of Lebanon street superintendent. He is survived by his loving wife Grace; brother and sister-in-law, Troy and Dorothy Elam; daughters, Barb (Doug) Allen, and Bevery (George) Campbell; son, Barry (Vicki) Elam; seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Visitation was Sunday, April 30, 6-8 PM at Shorten & Ryan Funeral Home, 400 Reading Rd., Mason, Ohio 45040 Services were held at the funeral home on Monday at 11AM