To: Deans, Directors, Department Heads, and Department of Residence Staff - From: Loren T. Allen Benefits Coordinator - Subject: Elma L. Platte Obituary Notice - Date: February 25, 1993
Elma L. Platte, 75, died of natural causes on Monday, February 22, at the Ravenwood Health Care Center. Elma began her career at UNI in August 1966, and worked as a custodian. She retired from UNI in 1986 after having been on the long-term disability program for several years. Elma was born on November 24, 1917, in Springfield, Illinois, daughter of Otto and Lucille Led Brook Reinbold. She married Lorence H. Platte on September 4, 1938, in Denver, Iowa. He died on August 25, 1977. Survivors include a daughter, JoAnn M. Boldt of San Diego; a son, James of Cedar Falls; three grandchildren; and a brother, Richard Reinbold of Springfield. Services were held Friday, February 26, at Garden View Chapel, Waterloo, with burial in Fairview Cemetery, Denver. Memorials may be made to Cedar Valley Hospice.