Robert Moffat Elton

We would very much have liked to attend Bob´s funeral, but since we live far away, we won´t be able to. We have mostly met during various holidays, and it has always been pleasant. We are grateful that you have been part of our shared grandchildren´s lives for so long. We pray that the service will be a dignified one, which you can keep in your heart.

While I don´t recall ever meeting General Elton... I have been a decades long friend of the Kern family in Alaska. I have read Josh´s memories of `Uncle Bob´ - and my heart and soul gains an understanding of the importance this great man served upon him - and the Kern family overall. I have taken the time to `read up´ on Gen. Elton... and am struck too, of his decades long service to our nation... and his time since retirement in `making things better´ in Government´s here and abroad. As a...

Memory Story: Uncle Bob & the 12 College Hockey Scholarship Offers In 1998, I was having the kind of hockey year every kid dreams about. I was playing Junior A hockey as the captain of the Dubuque Fighting Saints in the USHL, won gold with Team USA, was named to the USHL Second Team All Star roster, led Dubuque in points for the second straight year, and sat as the sixth leading scorer in the league. I had twelve scholarship offers lined up. Twelve. All I had to do was pass the SATs - a...