Waldo G. Elwonger

Waldo G. Elwonger

Waldo Elwonger Obituary

Published by Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel - Spearfish on Nov. 8, 2019.
Waldo was born on June 5, 1925 and passed away on Wednesday, November 6, 2019. He was raised near Dawson, Nebraska and attended Dawson elementary, Pleasant Valley county school, and Dawson high school where he participated in basketball and track and in his sophomore year was 4 in the state in the half-mile. He was drafted into the Army in 1945 and discharged in 1946 with duty in Okinawa. Memorials may be given to Sundance United Methodist Church in honor of Wally.

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