El was a proud WWII US Army veteran earning a Purple Heart & Bronze Star. He served in the Philippines where he had been shot through the leg and took sharpnel in the stomach, strapped to the wing of an airplane and flown out of a battle zone.
Preceded in death by parents; daughter, Barbara Grave; brothers, Wilbur & Clarence,
El was a proud WWII US Army veteran earning a Purple Heart & Bronze Star. He served in the Philippines where he had been shot through the leg and took sharpnel in the stomach, strapped to the wing of an airplane and flown out of a battle zone.
Preceded in death by parents; daughter, Barbara Grave; brothers, Wilbur & Clarence,
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