Elsie L. Sauca

Elise Lindemann Sauca died at the Memorial Hospital at Easton on Friday, October 13, 2006. She was 95. Born February 21 1911 in Atwood Kansas, she was the daughter of the late Dietrich and Marie Kracke Lindemann. She moved to Maryland with her parents and family from Atwood, Kansas on December 4, 1920 when she was nine years old, the family settled near Cordova, living on a farm. She attended and graduated from Cordova High School. On July 24, 1938 she married Samuel Sauca of Albany, N.Y. she and her husband resided in Albany for several years, later they returned to Cordova where they owned and operated a General Store and Hardware business. Mrs. Sauca was a lifelong member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Cordova, where she had served in several official capacities during her lifetime. After the death of her husband in November 1964; she drove his school bus for 13 plus years, upon retiring from her bus driving years the Cordova P.T.A. awarded heran honorary life membership to the Maryland P.T.A. Mrs. Sauca is survived by a daughter, Carmela S. Horner of Sparta, N.C.; a son Carl Sauca and his wife Fay of Cordova, MD; four grandchildren, Timothy Horner and his wife Helena of Greensboro, MD; Theresa Connors and her husband Dennis of East New Market, MD; Samuel Sauca and his wife Wendy of Easton, MD; and Stacie Rice and her husband Chris of Cordova, MD; one brother Henry Lindemann of Easton; 5 great-grandchildren, Robert Connors, Aaron Connors Madelyn Sauca, Morgan Sauca and Addison Rice. In addition to parents and husband she was preceded in death by a sister Eleonora Cox and a brother Richard Lindemann. Funeral services will be held at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Cordova, MD; on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 at 2:00PM. Friends may call at the Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, P. A. Easton on Tuesday evening from 6:00 to 8:00PM. Burial will be in the Church Cemetery with Timothy Horner, Dennis Connors, Chris Rice, Sam Sauca, Darian Sump and Lee Heinsohn serving as pallbearers. Memorial donations may be made to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Building Fund P.O. Box 368 Cordova, MD. 21625.