She immigrated to the United States with her mother and younger sisters in 1912.
Elma E. Peltomaa
Elma E. Peltomaa, 83, of Mentor, died Wednesday at Lake County Memorial Hospital, Willoughby, after a short illness.
Born Oct. 31, 1897 in Finland, she was an eight-year Mentor resident. Prior to that she lived in Fairport Harbor. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Fairport Harbor.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. George (Clarion) Naftanail of Mentor and Mrs. John (Marion) Merz of Titusville, Fla.; two sons, Roy M. of W. Jefferson and Raymond E. of Mentor; one sister, Martha M. Waris of Lakewood; and 14 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, John E., in 1977, and two sisters.
Services will be 1 p.m. Friday at Zion Lutheran Church, 508 Eagle St., Fairport Harbor, with the Rev. Willard L. Kalk, pastor at First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Fairport Harbor, officiating. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Potti Funeral Home, 538 Fifth St., Fairport Harbor.
-Painesville Telegraph, June 28, 1981-
Elma E. Peltomaa
Elma E. Peltomaa, 83, of Mentor, died Wednesday at Lake County Memorial Hospital, Willoughby, after a short illness.
Born Oct. 31, 1897 in Finland, she was an eight-year Mentor resident. Prior to that she lived in Fairport Harbor. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Fairport Harbor.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. George (Clarion) Naftanail of Mentor and Mrs. John (Marion) Merz of Titusville, Fla.; two sons, Roy M. of W. Jefferson and Raymond E. of Mentor; one sister, Martha M. Waris of Lakewood; and 14 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, John E., in 1977, and two sisters.
Services will be 1 p.m. Friday at Zion Lutheran Church, 508 Eagle St., Fairport Harbor, with the Rev. Willard L. Kalk, pastor at First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Fairport Harbor, officiating. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Potti Funeral Home, 538 Fifth St., Fairport Harbor.
-Painesville Telegraph, June 28, 1981-
She immigrated to the United States with her mother and younger sisters in 1912.
Elma E. Peltomaa
Elma E. Peltomaa, 83, of Mentor, died Wednesday at Lake County Memorial Hospital, Willoughby, after a short illness.
Born Oct. 31, 1897 in Finland, she was an eight-year Mentor resident. Prior to that she lived in Fairport Harbor. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Fairport Harbor.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. George (Clarion) Naftanail of Mentor and Mrs. John (Marion) Merz of Titusville, Fla.; two sons, Roy M. of W. Jefferson and Raymond E. of Mentor; one sister, Martha M. Waris of Lakewood; and 14 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, John E., in 1977, and two sisters.
Services will be 1 p.m. Friday at Zion Lutheran Church, 508 Eagle St., Fairport Harbor, with the Rev. Willard L. Kalk, pastor at First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Fairport Harbor, officiating. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Potti Funeral Home, 538 Fifth St., Fairport Harbor.
-Painesville Telegraph, June 28, 1981-
Elma E. Peltomaa
Elma E. Peltomaa, 83, of Mentor, died Wednesday at Lake County Memorial Hospital, Willoughby, after a short illness.
Born Oct. 31, 1897 in Finland, she was an eight-year Mentor resident. Prior to that she lived in Fairport Harbor. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Fairport Harbor.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. George (Clarion) Naftanail of Mentor and Mrs. John (Marion) Merz of Titusville, Fla.; two sons, Roy M. of W. Jefferson and Raymond E. of Mentor; one sister, Martha M. Waris of Lakewood; and 14 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, John E., in 1977, and two sisters.
Services will be 1 p.m. Friday at Zion Lutheran Church, 508 Eagle St., Fairport Harbor, with the Rev. Willard L. Kalk, pastor at First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Fairport Harbor, officiating. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Potti Funeral Home, 538 Fifth St., Fairport Harbor.
-Painesville Telegraph, June 28, 1981-
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