Elsie A. Ostaj

1912 - 2007  (95 years)

• Name	Elsie A. Ostaj
  Born	25 Oct 1912	North Dakota, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	27 Oct 2007	Montana, USA
  Buried	Y  [1]
  Person ID	I180173	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2014

  
  

  Family	Joseph Lacher,   b. 1910,   d. 1961, Richardton, Stark County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 51 years)
  Married	2 Oct 1933	North Dakota, USA
  Children	1. Betty Lou Lacher   2. Howard Lacher   3. Teresa Lacher   4. Gordon Lacher   5. Lester Lacher
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F67798	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S927] Obituary. Elsie Lacher Elsie A. Lacher, 95, Miles City, Mont., formerly of Richardton, passed away Oct. 27, 2007, at Holy Rosary Health Center, Miles City. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. MDT Friday, Nov. 2, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Richardton. Rite of Committal will follow in the family lot of St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Richardton. Visitation will be held Tuesday at Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home, Miles City, where vigil services will be held at 7 p.m. MDT. Visitation begin at 3 p.m. MDT Thursday at Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson, with a rosary at 7 p.m. MDT. Elsie was born north of Hebron Oct. 25, 1912, to John and Magdalena Yunik Ostaj. She married Joe Lacher Oct. 2, 1933. They made their home south of Richardton where they farmed. In the early 1960s, she went to work as a nurse aide at St. Luke's Nursing Home, in Dickinson, and later worked at Richardton Memorial Hospital and Sacred Heart Monastery, in Richardton. For the past 17 years, she had resided in Miles City with her daughter and son-in-law, Betty Lou and Verlyn Berger. She was a 70-year member of Christian Mothers, member of Catholic Daughters and member of American Legion Auxiliary. On a daily basis, Elsie recited the rosary and the rosary never left her. Elsie is survived by a daughter, Betty Lou Berger and her husband, Verlyn, Miles City; her son, Howard Lacher and his wife, Carole, Bismarck; her daughters-in-law, Gladys, Richardton, and Yvonne, Rocklin, Calif.; 18 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joe, in 1961; a daughter, Teresa; two sons, Gordon and Lester; a grandson, Darel; a great-granddaughter, Jenna Lee; her parents; two sisters; and six brothers. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting http://www.stevensonandsons.com. Should friends desire, memorials may be made to Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Miles City, St. Mary's Catholic Church in Richardton or to Sacred Heart Monastery in Richardton.