Our sincerest condolences to James Jr., Penny, Jonathan, and Leonard on the loss of Elsie.  My mother Florence was Elsie's older sister.  Elsie was the last of the Mantoen siblings to leave us.  She and her husband Jim had a remarkable family.  She once shared a neighborhood recipe book with me when I visited them in Mercer Island.  I asked if she had a recipe in the book and she humbly remarked "18."  :)  May God bless her soul.