Erwin Elser, 1907-1953

ELSER, LAUBACH

Posted By: Sharon K Hesebeck (email)
Date: 5/25/2014 at 14:52:03

Erwin Elser
December 24, 1907
October 6, 1953

Funeral services were held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer on Friday morning, October 9, 1953 for Erwin Elser, 45, who lost his life in a tractor accident on his farm near Lake Park on Tuesday

Interment was in North Lawn Cemetery in Spencer

Mr. Elser was well known in the Moneta Community, having made his home with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. John Galm, when he came to this country in 1929 from Schlossau, Baden, Germany, where he was born December 24, 1907

He is survived by his widow, the former Gertrude Laubach, of Hartley, Iowa and seven children, ranging in age from 3 to 15 years, also a brother , four sisters and his mother in Germany

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October 15, 1953