The name of Gertie’s son 1st Lt. Louis Edward “Louie” Elder Jr, USMC (1929-1961) on this Griggs vault represents a “Cenotaph”, a "tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person, whose remains are elsewhere". The link to his name below under “Children” is to his ‘other’ Cenotaph, in Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs. (He is buried in neither venue.) That link provides further information on 1st Lt Elder’s life & death.
The name of Gertie’s son 1st Lt. Louis Edward “Louie” Elder Jr, USMC (1929-1961) on this Griggs vault represents a “Cenotaph”, a "tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person, whose remains are elsewhere". The link to his name below under “Children” is to his ‘other’ Cenotaph, in Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs. (He is buried in neither venue.) That link provides further information on 1st Lt Elder’s life & death.
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