ELDORA - Hester Elerding, 102, of Eldora, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, at Valley View Specialty Care in Eldora. Woodley Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Iowa Falls assisted the family with cremation care.
Mark Twain wrote, I came in with Halleys Comet and I expect to leave with Halleys Comet. Hester did not make quite as grand an entrance and exit as Mark Twain, but she came into the world in a global pandemic and she left the world in a global pandemic, neither of which affected her good health. In the intervening 102 years she had a full and interesting life.
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