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

Date Of Photograph: May 22, 2007
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Morris Elbode   b. 1914   d. 2001
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GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY DEATH RECORD
Morris Charles Elbode   1 Mar. 2001 
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Social Security Death Index 
Name: Morris C. Elbode 
SSN: XXX-XX-XXXX  
Last Residence: 49684  Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan, United States 
of America 
Born: 18 Jun 1914 
Died: 1 Mar 2001 
State (Year) SSN issued: Michigan (Before 1951 ) 
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TRAVERSE CITY RECORD EAGLE - 3 Mar. 2001 
     TRAVERSE CITY - Morris C. Elbode, 86, of Traverse City, died on Thursday.
      Born June 18, 1914, in Middleton, Morris was raised in Empire. He was the 
son of Belgian immigrants, Felix and Bertha (Braat) Elbode. His family moved to 
Empire when he was a toddler and joined the early Belgian immigrants who 
settled there.
      On April 10, 1937, he married the former Agnes Edwards of Traverse City 
at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Karlin.
      Morris was a longtime employee at Consumers Power Co., retiring in 1976 
after 37 years of service. He began his career as a hydroelectric operator at 
Hodenpyl Dam on the Manistee River in Mesick. When he retired, he was 
supervisor for the metering department for the Northwest District based in 
Traverse City. Following his retirement, he became an energy consultant, 
marketing generators to local fruit packing plants, and was electrical 
inspector for Leelanau County for a number of years. He served on the Leelanau 
County Board of Commissioners and was active in Elmwood Township government, 
serving on their recreation committee and Board of Review. He also served on 
the Board of Directors of the Area Agency on Aging of Northwest Michigan and 
the State Commission on Aging Finance Review Committee. Morris was a member of 
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and a strong proponent of the Catholic 
School system.
      He is survived by his wife of 63 years; five daughters, Pauline (Robert) 
Wegener of Empire, Judith (Charles) Belanger and Marian (John) Werner, both of 
Suttons Bay, Mary (Richard) Round and Kathryn (Charles) Pittenger, both of 
Traverse City; 12 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and 
nephews.
      He was preceded in death by his sisters, Clara (Arnold) Hansen and Mary, 
in infancy.
      Friends may call at the Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home on Sunday, March 
4, from 6:30 until 8 p.m. with a rosary being prayed at 7 p.m.
      Funeral services will be held at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church on 
Monday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Fr. James Gardiner serving as celebrant.
      Burial will be in St. Philip Neri Cemetery in Empire.
      Memorial contributions may be directed to the Grand Traverse Area 
Catholic Schools Band Program.



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