The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, April 4, 1995                 TAG: 9504040269
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   27 lines

ELSA K. PLACEK

Elsa Klara Placek, 67, of the 8100 block of Ridgefield Drive, a self-employed nurse, died April 2, 1995, in a Norfolk hospital.

Mrs. Placek was born in Schlechtbach, Germany, and was a Lutheran.

Survivors include her husband, William J. Placek of Norfolk; a son, William H. Placek and daughter-in-law, Anne Elizabeth Placek of Nashville, Tenn.; four sisters, Maria Schubert of Portage, Ind., Annie Shepard of Olympia, Wash., Emma Renz and Martha Ekert, both of Stuttgart, Germany; three grandchildren, Daniel Scott, Alexandra Tara Elizabeth and Catherine Victoria Rose, all of Nashville, Tenn.

A graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Norfolk. The family will receive friends in Smith & Williams Funeral Home, Norfolk Chapel, from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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