Elda Pauline Kirst

March 10, 1920 – March 07, 2016

Elda Pauline Bartelson was born in Fort Collins, Colorado on March 10, 1920.

She was preceded in death by her husband Donald W. Kirst in 2003.

She was raised in Franklin, Nebraska and married Donald W. Kirst in 1939, and during World War II they lived in California. After the war they lived in Brush, Colorado.

For years Donald and Elda traveled all over the U.S. as booking agents for the Merlin the Great Magic Show.

Elda was a past member of Rebecca’s, a Den Mother for Cub Scouts, and Daughters of Norway. They moved to Sequim in 1983.

She lived in Dungeness Meadows with her daughter.