1925 – Ellen M. Salter – 2018
Ellen M. Salter, 93, a longtime resident of Lake Forest, Illinois, died August 16, 2018 at Lake Forest Place. Mrs. Salter received a bachelor’s degree in Library Science in 1947 from College of St. Catherine, in St. Paul, MN and her master’s degree in Library Science from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI in 1958. Mrs. Salter worked as a Librarian at the University of Notre Dame Library, Missouri State Library in Jefferson City, Missouri, and an Army Librarian in Sendia, Japan where she met her future husband Edwin Salter, a Librarian on a Book Mobile in Wenatchee in Brookfield, Wisconsin and at Lake Forest Academy Ferry Hall High school.
She is survived by her children David (Julie) Salter and Dr. Mary (Candy) Roberts-Salter and grandchildren: Luis, Carlos, Megan, and Emily. She was preceded in death by her husband Dr. Edwin C. Salter.
Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 15, 2018 at the Church of St. Mary, 175 E. Illinois Rd., Lake Forest, IL 60045. Interment will be in Currie, MN. Memorials may be made to Mary Barrows New Hope scholarship fund LakeForest Place 1100 Pembridge Drive, Lake Forest, IL 60045. Info Wenban Funeral Home, (847) 234-0022 or www.wenbanfh.com
