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Elsie M. Steel, 87, of Caldwell, passed away peacefully
Wednesday Dec. 29, 1993, at a Caldwell nursing home.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 31, 1993,
at the Flahiff Funeral Chapel, Caldwell. Reverend Don
Brown of the Star Friends Church will officiate. Burial
will be at the Wilder Cemetery, Wilder, Idaho.
Elsie was born June 13, 1906, at Terrell, Texas, to Henry and
Madie Stroud McFerrin. After the untimely death of
Elsie's father, her family moved to her grandparents' home in
Arkansas. The family moved to Caldwell and then on to
live in the Owyhees. She married William E. Steel in
August of 1926. Billy and Elsie homesteaded their ranch
on Succor Creek. After selling the ranch they settled in
Caldwell. She worked at the Elks Lodge at the old
location for many years. She then raised cattle on
Canyon Hill. Elsie loved her home on Fillmore Street and
worked in her yard until she was 83. She enjoyed and
loved all children and always had some with her to care for.
After her sister Dottie passed away she lovingly raised her
niece Betty Pegram Suitter.
Her
surviving family include Art and Betty Suitter of Boise; a
niece, Sandra (Mrs. Otis Applegarth) of Caldwell; her sister,
Mattie Edwards, and a nephew, Leo Holmes, both of Caldwell;
her sister, Goldie Chenault and a niece Alene Van Komen, both
of George, Washington; a niece, Mary (Mrs. Cotton Perryman) of
Caldwell; and extended family including other nieces and
nephews, who loved her dearly and will miss her greatly.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Billy
Steel; brother, Woodrow John; and a sister, Dottie McFerrin
Pegram.
Friends may call today until 8
p.m. at the Flahiff Funeral Chapel, Caldwell. |
