Irma Henrietta (Stenke) Elsing, daughter of Rudolph and Minnie (Pinno) Stenke was born on March 30, 1911. She was baptized on May 7, 1911 and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimball Township, Jackson County, MN. She graduated from Mt. Lake High School and later from Teacher's Normal Training in Mankato. Irma taught in country school for 7 years. She married Henry Elsing in Estherville, IA on Sept. 25, 1937. They farmed their entire married life; first in the Riverfalls, Wisconsin area and later in the Darfur area. After they retired from farming they turned the farming operation over to their only son, Dale. They built a new house in Darfur and resided there until Henry's death on Feb. 5, 1988. In October of 1991 she then moved into a condominium in Windom; not far from Remick Ridge where she had resided since Sept. 4, 1998. Irma attended Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Windom where she was a member of the Golden Age. She enjoyed cooking, entertaining, attending Bible classes, reading, and playing cards. Irma passed away on Wed. Sept. 12, 2007 at the Windom Area Hospital. She is survived by one son, Dale, and his wife, Gloria of Butterfield; one step granddaughter, Renee Jean Gegner of Comfrey; one sister-in-law, Molly Elsing of Springfield; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, four sisters: Julia Hilken, Lizzie Goldencrown, Elsie Oeltjenbruns, and Dorothy Forstrom and five brothers: Martin, Rudy, Louis, Fred, and Walter Stenke.