Dateline: Wichita, Kansas

Name of Deceased: Lavern Eugene Elsasser                                   Age: 83

Date of Death: May 31, 2015

Place of Death: Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas

Date of Birth: October 14, 1931 at Milberger, Kansas

Parents Name: Leo and Esther (Ochs) Elsasser

 

OBITUARY INFORMATION

He married Nila Jean Diel April 18, 1954 at Otis, Kansas.

He was senior application engineer for Diesel Equipment Co., Great Bend beginning in 1955 and transferred with the company in 1966 to Wichita, which later became Central Power Systems.

He was a United States Army veteran, serving from 1951 to 1953 during the Korean Conflict.

He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #7428, Hoisington, and American Legion Post #99, Russell.  His hobby was clock making.

 

SURVIVORS

 

Wife: Nila Jean Elsasser, of the home

one son: Leon Elsasser and his wife Wendy of Wichita, KS

one daughter: Lois Dailey and her husband Wayne of Joplin, MO

Grandchildren: Six

Great-grandchild: One

one brother: Larry Elsasser and his wife Bonnie of Russell, KS

 

He was preceded in death by his parents and one son, Leroy Elsasser.

 

SERVICE INFORMATION

Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., Thursday, June 4, 2015 at Bryant Funeral Home

Officiant: The Reverend Dr. Scott V. Solether

Interment: Hillcrest Memorial Park, Great Bend, Kansas

Visitation:  9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at Bryant Funeral Home

Memorial Fund: American Cancer Society or American Heart Association, in care of Bryant Funeral Home

 

Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at www.bryantfh.net

                      Arrangements by    Bryant Funeral Home
1425 Patton Road       Great Bend, Kansas                      67530