Elva Garland

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Elva Lorene (Welp) Garland, formerly of Doniphan, died peacefully Tuesday morning, 17 March 2020, under hospice care at Silex Community Care in Silex, Mo. She was 88 years old. Elva was born 2 April 1931 in Vernon, Colo. to Walter and Wilma (Fagan) Welp. She was baptized at Vernon Lutheran Church. She grew up in northeast Colorado and southwest Nebraska, graduating from McCook (NE) High School in 1949. The family moved to Houston, Mo. shortly after and Elva went to work as a demonstrator for Advance Aluminum Castings Corporation (makers of Miracle Maid cookware) in Springfield. She worked for them in 1951 and ‘52 before joining the US Navy.

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