Elbert, Maidie Pearl (Mrs. Aloysus J.) 1889-1968

ELBERT, FRANK

Posted By: Paul Van Dyke--Volunteer
Date: 9/29/2016 at 22:40:34

Source: Hawarden Independent (2-29-1968)

Born: February 4, 1889
Died: 1968

Funeral services for Mrs. Aloysus J. Elbert, former Hawarden resident, will be held at the Methodist Church Friday at 1:30 P.M. with Dr. G.S. Bruland officiating. Burial will be in Grace Hill Cemetery under the direction of the Dow Funeral Home.

Mrs. Maidie Pearl Elbert, the former Maidie Frank, passed away at her home in Silverton, Oregon, Sunday evening, and services will be held there this morning prior to sending the body to Hawarden.

She was born February 4, 1889, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Frank, on a farm southwest of Hawarden, following her father’s death in 1902, the family moved to Hawarden. She attended the Hawarden School and taught school for a number of years until her marriage to Aloysus J. Elbert on May 22, 1909, in Canton, South Dakota. The couple farmed near Rock Valley early in their marriage, then southwest of Hawarden on the Frank homestead.

Mr. and Mrs. Elbert moved to Bremerton, Oregon, in 1942, where her husband worked in the ship yards until 1946, at which time they moved back to Hawarden. In 1953, they moved to Silverton where they had since made their home.

Mrs. Elbert is survived by her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Stella Sullivan of Portland, Oregon, and Mrs. Evelyn Beran of Silverton, and one son, Donald of Lake Bay, Washington..

She is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. Zelma Schmucker of Prescott, Arizona, Mrs. Lena Oden of Malibu, California, and Mrs. Lola Marshall of Hudson; one brother, Arlie Frank, of Rapid City, South Dakota; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.