Elder Ellerbrock

LADD — Elmira A. "Elder" Ellerbrock, 91, of Ladd passed away Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, at St. Margret's Hospital in Spring Valley.

Born Sept. 23, 1920, in Oglesby to Ricardo and Marianne (Michelini) Pattarozzi, she married Henry "Hank" Ellerbrock in 1943 in St. Benedict Catholic Church in Ladd. He died June 12, 2010.

She was a member of St. Benedict Catholic Church in Ladd, the church's Altar and Rosary Society and the Ladd American Legion Auxiliary.

Surviving are several nieces and nephews; and her special friends, John and Barbara Giacomelli, with whom she made her home.

She was also preceded in death by her parents; several brothers and sisters; and several nieces and nephews.

Services will be at 10:45 a.m. Saturday in the Fiocchi Funeral Home, Cherry, and a Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Holy Trinity Church, Cherry, with the Rev. Harold Datzman officiating. Burial will be in the Ladd Cemetery.

Visitation will be Saturday from 9 a.m. until the time of services at the funeral home.