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Tuesday, February 23, 1993 Page: 2A QUICK WORDS: KRIST
Elsie Krist
Feb. 22, 1993
Elsie Krist, 83, of Stanton Street, Wilkes-Barre, died Monday afternoon in
Hampton House Nursing Home, Hanover Township, after a lengthy illnessBorn
in Wilkes-Barre, March 15, 1909, she was the daughter of the late Charles and
Amelia Martin. She was a member of Messiah Lutheran Church, Wilkes-Barre,
where she sang in the choir, was a member of the Missionary Society and served
as a greeter.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John; brothers, Willie and
Arthur; sisters, Helen Paul and Alfreda Lesnick.
Surviving are daughters, Mrs. Sandra Gooding, Endicott, N.Y.; Mrs. Jeanette
Houman, Monticello, N.Y.; son, Harold, Denton, Texas; sister, Mrs. Minnie
Stempin, Wilkes-Barre; brother, Daniel, Wilkes-Barre; eight grandchildren;
four great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday from the Luther M. Kniffen Funeral
Home, 465 S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, with services at 9:30 a.m. in Messiah
Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Franklin S. Stinner, pastor, officiating.
Interment will be in Maple Hill Cemetery, Hanover Township.
Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Memorial donations may be made to the Messiah Lutheran Church, 453 S. Main
St., Wilkes-Barre, 18701.