This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Elftman, Elftmann Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/1240 Message Board Post: Obituary Dunn Co. News 20 Sep 1934: Ludvig Elftmann, age 82 years, a resident of Dunn County for many years, died Friday, September 14, at 8:30 pm at his home in the town of Weston. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 1:45 o'clock at St. Paul's Lutheran Church with Rev. J. Mittlestaedt officiating. Internment was made in the town of Menomonie. Mr. Eleftmann (sic) was born Feb. 16, 1852 at Carolina in the German province of Posen. He was baptised and confirmed in the Lutheran Church of his native land. In May 1870 Mr. Elftmann came to the United States, landing in New York. After working for 3 years on a farm near Albany, he came to Oshkosh were he was married July 25, 1874 to Ernestine Eckert. They moved to Menomonie worked for Knapp, Stout and Company, then moving to a farm in the town of Weston where he resided until his death. Two sons were born to them, the eldest died in infancy. Mrs. Elftmann died 22 years ago. Seven years ago Mr. Elftmann suffer! ed a stroke and another three years later. He was one of the early members of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Besides his son Ernest, one granddaughter and one brother, August Elftman, of Elmwood survive.