Eltiste Attends California

Wedding

Freda Eltiste has returned from a 10-day visit to her son's in California. She was with son Mel (and Pat) to celebrate the wedding of her granddaughter, Kacey to David Hartung Jr.

The celebration began with a bridal luncheon on Friday for all of the

out-of-town guests. The rehearsal dinner was hosted by the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mowett, Jr., New Hampshire.

The wedding took place November 4th at Westchester Lutheran Church, where Freda had also watched Kacey be baptized in 1973 and confirmed in 1987.

The bride wore a gown of white matte satin with a sweetheart neckline. The full skirt and train were embroidered in white with beads and Austrian crystals.

Kacey's sister, Melissa, was her maid of honor; and the attendants wore Wedgwood blue matte satin floor-length gowns and carried cranberry red roses and dahlias.

A dinner/dance reception followed at The Beach Club in Santa Monica, where five of Freda's six grandchildren were in attendance.

At the wedding breakfast the following day, Freda met her first great-grandson for the first time. Cameron William Eltiste is the son of Freda's oldest grandson, Christopher Eltiste.

The Phillips County Review

November 22, 2000

Freda Martha Eltiste

PHILLIPSBURG -- Freda Martha Eltiste, 89, Phillipsburg,

died Tuesday, April 13, 2004.
    Mrs. Eltiste was born Freda Martha Merklein on April 19, 1914,

 in Phillips County. She was a homemaker.

 Her husband, Ernest H., died in 1984.
    Survivors include three sons, Loren M. of Simi Valley, Calif., Melvin L. of Monterey, Calif., and Dale A. of Overland Park; a sister, Hilda Miller of Phillipsburg; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
    The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stuttgart. Burial will be in Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to

Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church Elevator Fund.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and Friday at Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel,1115 Second, Phillipsburg 67661

The Salina Journal

April 15, 2004

Freda Martha Eltiste

April 14, 2004

PHILLIPSBURG — Freda Martha Eltiste, 89, died Tuesday, April 13, 2004,

at Phillips County Retirement Center.

She was born April 19, 1914, in Phillips County to

Henry L. and Katherine (Krafft) Merklein.

She married Ernest Eltiste on Oct. 13, 1937, in Stuttgart.

He died in 1984

She was a homemaker.

Survivors include three sons, Loren M. Eltiste, Simi Valley, Calif., Melvin L. Eltiste, Monterey, Calif., and Dale A. Eltiste, Overland Park; a sister, Hilda Miller, Phillipsburg; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stuttgart; burial in the church cemetery.

Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, Phillipsburg.

Memorials are suggested to Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church Elevator Fund

The Hays Daily News

April 16, 2004