1922 – Elaine Elting – 2016
Elaine Elting, the daughter of John and Charlotte (Ewy) Brust, was born on February 19, 1922 in Lime Lake Township, Murray County, Minnesota near Avoca, Minnesota. She grew up on the farm and attended District 37 Country School in Iona Township. Elaine graduated from the Slayton High School, Slayton, Minneosta in 1939 then attended Mankato State for one year. She then attended the Minneapolis School of Beauty Culture, graduating in 1941. Elaine then worked at a beauty shop in Wayzata, Minnesota until 1943. She operated her own beauty shop in Fulda, Minnesota from 1943 to 1954. Elaine was united in marriage to Alvin Elting on June 15, 1947 at the American Lutheran Church in Avoca. After their marriage they lived in Fulda until 1979 when they moved to Pequot Lakes, Minnesota for three years. While in Fulda they ran a bus service for 29 years. In 1982 they moved to Westbrook, Minnesota and she worked in an insurance office. Alvin died in March of 1999. She moved to the Crossroads Care Center in Worthington, Minnesota in 2008. Elaine passed away on Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at the Crossroads Care Center in Worthington at the age of 94. She was a past member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Fulda and current member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Westbrook, where she enjoyed sewing days. She was also a member of the Fulda American Legion Auxiliary. Elaine enjoyed gardening, golfing, sewing and reading.
Survivors include her three daughters: Peggy Vesely, Coralville, IA, Barbara Formo, Granite Falls, MN and Mary Eshleman, Worthington, MN; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; two brothers: Paul and Earl Brust; her twin daughters in infancy and son-in-law Gordon Formo.
Funeral services were held at Totzke Funeral Home Fulda, MN at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 30, 2016 with Rev. Bruce Berg officiating. Interment at Prairie Hill Cemetery Fulda, MN. Send condolences online at www.totzkefuneralhome.com.
