LAESSLE, Elaine Laurent (Age 87) Passed away December 20, 2006. A Memorial Service will be held at the Chapel at Arlingrton National Cemetery in Washington DC. She was born November 21, 1919 in Philadelphia, PA to George and Mary Laurent. She married Frank W. Laessle in Media,PA in 1939. In 1999 they celebrated their 60th. wedding anniversary in Carson City, NV. A Navy wife for over 21 years, she lived on the east and west coasts, Hawaii and Japan and traveled extensively throughout the world. In 1953 she christened a mine sweeper. Elaine grew up in Boson,MA, graduated from Montreat College High School in Montreat, NC and Pierce Business College in Philadelphia, PA, received her BA from the Univ. of Hawaii in Honolulu, her MLS from UC Berkeley in Berkeley, CA, her AAS in Nursing from Peninsula College in Port Angeles, WA. She has worked as a legal secretary, a reference librarian, medical librarian and an RN in various states. Since moving from Arizona to Carson City, NV in 1987 she was the Medical Librarian at Carson-Tahoe Hospital where she retired in Oct. 1993 and subsequently worked temporarily at the research library of the Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau. In 2003 she moved to Spokane to be closer to her children. She has volunteered as an American Red Cross Nurses's Aide in Boston, MA, as a Neighborhood Chairman of the American Girl Scouts for Southern Japan in Sasebo, Japan and with Saint Mary's Hospice of Northern Nevada and other organizations. She was a member of Beta Phi Mu, the International Library Science and Information Honor Society, the Medical Library Assoc. and other groups wherever they lived. Her passions were family, friends, books, libraries, spiritual frontiers, health and medicine, computers, travel, shopping, Christmas and their dog Barney. She was preceeded in death by her parents, brothers George and Gene Laurent, son Daniel Laessle, dear husband Frank W. Laessle and grandson Michael diLustro. Survivors include daughters Susan diLustro of San Diego, CA and Joan Waters of Spokane, WA; sons Mark Laessle of Rosalia, WA and David Laessle of Snohomish, WA; 10 grandchildren and 1 great granddaughter. Memorial contributions may be made to Saint Mary's Hospice of Northern Nevada 3264 Goni Rd. #151 Carson City, NV 89706 or to Montreat College, Montreat, NC 28757. The family would like to thank the staff at Manor Care nursing home for their exceptional, loving care of Elaine Laessle. Dec 24, 2006 Spokesman Review