ELSIE BERTHA GELHORN/LANG (KREGER)

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ELSIE BERTHA GELHORN/LANG (nee KREGER) May 18, 1916 - September 8, 2004 Elsies life journey ended peacefully in the arms of her family on Wednesday, September 8, 2004. A light has gone from our lives and we will miss her more than she will ever know but we take comfort in the fact that she is now at peace and are eternally grateful for all the love and beautiful memories she leaves in our hearts. Elsie was born in Camper, MB and moved to Winnipeg as a young child. She was a lifelong resident of Winnipeg and while she had the opportunity to travel extensively she believed Winnipeg was the best place in the world to live. Her parents, Alex and Pauline Kreger; her loving husbands, George Gelhorn and Jack Lang; her eldest daughter Eileen Kern; her brother Bill Kreger; and her much loved granddog Berkley predeceased her. She is survived by her daughter Carolyn Gelhorn and granddaughter Shawna Pachal; her daughter Georgina and son-in-law Bruce Thomson and grandsons, Peter and Ian and in Texas her grandchildren, Brenda, Belinda, Brandt and Blair; her great-grandchildren, Heather, Melissa, Ryan, Amber, Adam, Haley, Candy and Caylee; and her great-great-grandbabies, Hannah, Nathaniel Shawn and Emma. Her sister Mary Brodinsky, her sister-in-law Vicky Kreger and many nieces and nephews also survive her. Along with her immediate family she will be missed by her best friend and "Sistah" Mary Schmidt, her loving niece Lorraine Warsaba, her loving nephew, Larry Brodinsky, and her chosen family, Ruth and Jim Komishon, Heidi Streu, Lynda Boxall, Karen Busby and Griffin. Her door was always open and she was happiest when she was cooking and feeding her family and friends. She never forgot a birthday or anniversary and kept Hallmark in business with the number of get well and all occasion cards she sent. Her most enjoyable times were spent at the family cottage at Grand Beach and more recently at her granddaughter Shawnas home on Lake Lac du Bonnet. She loved the simple things in life - a great polka, toe-tapping music, playing cards with her sisters-in-law - Mary Schmidt, Helen Gelhorn, Senda Gelhorn and Barbara Gelhorn (which she did every Wednesday for over 50 years), red shoes, red hair, a new blouse (the most colourful possible - preferably with sparkles) and holding her grandchildrens hands. She instilled in her family, whom she referred to as her "chickens", some of lifes most important lessons - hug and kiss those you love when you arrive and when you leave (and a few times in between), never miss an opportunity to tell someone you love them, keep your promises, talk to a stranger that may be your new best friend, marry for love (but only if they can dance), always wear a pressed shirt, never pass up a sale, take lots and lots of pictures, and as long as you have, "pepper in your shaker", pursue your dreams. A service celebrating Elsies life will be held at Christ Lutheran Church, 815 Inkster Blvd., at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 11. Her family wont be wearing black! Flowers gratefully declined. If friends so desire, donations in Elsies memory may be made to the Christ Lutheran Church Renovation Fund, in care of Christ Lutheran Church, 815 Inkster Blvd., Winnipeg, MB R2X 1N3. CROPO FUNERAL CHAPEL 586-8044

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Sep 11, 2004