Leelanau County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Elbode, Agnes 
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Cemetery:           St. Philip Neri Catholic Cemetery
Name:               Agnes Elbode

Date Of Photograph: May 22, 2007
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Agnes Edwards Elbode   b. 1914   d. 2003
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Social Security Death Index 
Name: Agnes R. Elbode 
SSN: XXX-XX-XXXX  
Last Residence: 49682  Suttons Bay, Leelanau, Michigan, United States of 
America 
Born: 23 Dec 1914 
Died: 12 Sep 2003 
State (Year) SSN issued: Michigan (1955-1956 ) 
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TRAVERSE CITY RECORD EAGLE - 14 Sept. 2003
      TRAVERSE CITY - Agnes R. Elbode, 88, of Traverse City, died Friday, Sept. 
12, 2003.
      Born Dec. 19, 1914, in Traverse City, she was the daughter of Charles H. 
and Louise P. (Gildurski) Edwards. On April 10, 1937, at St. Joseph's Catholic 
Church in Karlin, she married Morris C. Elbode, who preceded her in death on 
March 1, 2001. 
      Agnes was a homemaker who particularly enjoyed knitting and crocheting. 
During World War II she knitted numerous projects for the soldiers. She also 
was an avid bird-watcher, reader and enjoyed crossword puzzles.
      While raising her five daughters, Agnes was active in Girl Scouts, 4-H, 
and many school projects at Immaculate Conception School, as well as always 
being available when called upon to provide transportation to the Sisters of 
Mercy at Immaculate Conception Convent. Her grandfather, Matthew Gildurski, was 
one of the original founders of Immaculate Conception Parish.
      She served as a Gray Lady at the Traverse City State Hospital and was a 
member of the Greilickville Extension Club. She was a graduate of Traverse City 
Central High School. In 1967, Agnes fulfilled a lifetime dream by completing 
the licensed practical nursing program from Northwestern Michigan College. She 
later retired from Traverse City Osteopathic Hospital.
      Survivors include her five daughters, Pauline (Robert) Wegener of Empire, 
Judith (Charles) Belanger and Marian (John) Werner of Suttons Bay, Mary 
(Richard) Round of Traverse City, and Kathryn (Charles) Pittenger of Roscommon; 
12 grandchildren, Robert (Margaret) Wegener Jr., Charles (Maureen) Wegener, 
David (Cheryl) Wegener, Nancy Wegener (Brent) Sherman, Jean Belanger (Mike) 
Bankey, John Werner Jr., Andrew (Mary) Werner, Amy and Emily Round, and Julia, 
Emma and Charles Pittenger; 12 great-grandchildren; a sister, Lucyle Bashom of 
Anchorage, Alaska; sister-in-law, Shirley Edwards of Traverse City; and many 
nieces and nephews.
      In addition to her husband, Morris, Agnes was also preceded in death by 
two sisters, Marion Kilgore and Suzanne Sheridan; and two brothers, John "Jack" 
Edwards and Charles H. "Chum" Edwards Jr.
      A funeral Mass will be celebrated at Immaculate Conception Catholic 
Church on Monday, Sept. 15, at 1 p.m., with the Rev. James Gardiner serving as 
celebrant. Burial will be in St. Philip Neri Cemetery, Empire.
      Visitation will take place this evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Reynolds-
Jonkhoff Funeral Home, where the rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m.
      In remembrance, memorials may be directed to the St. Francis High School 
Band program.



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