This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ELDERKIN, RUICK, MERRELL Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JIB.2ACI/12650 Message Board Post: ELDERKIN, Frank D., died Aug. 6, 1993 ELDERKIN, RUICK, MERRELL >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Carole Lynn (MOHNEY) CARR, Volunteer Transcriber Transcribed from an original newspaper clipping from the “Sturgis Daily Journal, “ which serves the St. Joseph County, Michigan area. Copy provided by the Sturgis Library, Sturgis, Michigan. http://members.tripod.com/~tfred/spl.html Listed on this site are volunteers to do look-ups, check it out to see if they have what you are looking for. http://members.tripod.com/~tfred/stjolookups.html >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Davidson, N.C.; Frank D. ELDERKIN,85, 400 Avinger Lane Cottage 410, formerly a LaGrange, Ind., resident, died Aug. 6, 1993 at Pines Health Care, Davidson. He was born Dec. 26, 1907 in LaGrange, Ind., a son of Omar and Elva (RUICK) ELDERKIN. On March 10, 1928, he married Kathryn PRICE in LaGrange, Ind. He was vice president of Hoener-Waldorf Corp. in Jefferson, Ohio, until he retired in 1973. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, LaGrange, Ind. Surviving are his wife, Kathryn ELDERKIN; one daughter, Helen MERRELL, Arlington, Va.; three sons, Richard ELDERKIN, Rochester, N.Y., Charles ELDERKIN, Charlotte, N.C., and William ELDERKIN, Solon, Ohio; his parents Omar and Elva (RUICK) ELDERKIN; 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. There is no visitation. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Greenwood Cemetery, LaGrange, Ind. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, LaGrange, Ind. Arrangements were made by Frurip-May Funeral Home, LaGrange, Ind. END