Individual Details
Linda Jean Poortvliet
(22 Apr 1948 - )
(1992) A flight attendant for Northwest Airlines; first husband was Bob
Poortvliet.
Ancestry.com
May 6, 2004ELM0506
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Robert Elm, who was a founding member of the Bloomington Fire Department and fire chief at the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, died Saturday. Elm, 83, died of complications from pneumonia at the Minnesota Masonic Home in Bloomington.
Bob Elm of Bloomington said his father supported professional firefighting standards for volunteer departments.
Robert Elm's knowledge of fighting fires, including those involving hazardous materials, earned him the job of training chief at the Bloomington Fire Department. He was a volunteer firefighter there starting in the 1940s, when Bloomington was a rural area.
Gus Welter of Bloomington was a charter volunteer in the early 1940s with Elm. "As far as firefighting, there wasn't anyone who knew more about it in this area," he said. "I learned a lot from him."
Elm also served as a firefighter and an infantryman in North Africa and Europe during World War II.
He retired from the ammunition plant in 1982, his son said.
In addition to his son, survivors include another son, Dennis of Atlanta; daughter Linda Stayberg of Valley View, Texas; brother Doug of Kalispell, Mont.; eight grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today at Fort Snelling Cemetery.
Poortvliet.
Ancestry.com
May 6, 2004ELM0506
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Robert Elm, who was a founding member of the Bloomington Fire Department and fire chief at the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, died Saturday. Elm, 83, died of complications from pneumonia at the Minnesota Masonic Home in Bloomington.
Bob Elm of Bloomington said his father supported professional firefighting standards for volunteer departments.
Robert Elm's knowledge of fighting fires, including those involving hazardous materials, earned him the job of training chief at the Bloomington Fire Department. He was a volunteer firefighter there starting in the 1940s, when Bloomington was a rural area.
Gus Welter of Bloomington was a charter volunteer in the early 1940s with Elm. "As far as firefighting, there wasn't anyone who knew more about it in this area," he said. "I learned a lot from him."
Elm also served as a firefighter and an infantryman in North Africa and Europe during World War II.
He retired from the ammunition plant in 1982, his son said.
In addition to his son, survivors include another son, Dennis of Atlanta; daughter Linda Stayberg of Valley View, Texas; brother Doug of Kalispell, Mont.; eight grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today at Fort Snelling Cemetery.
Events
| Birth | 22 Apr 1948 | ||||
| Marriage | 23 Jul 1990 | Dale Arnold Stayberg |
Families
| Spouse | Dale Arnold Stayberg (1938 - ) |
| Child | Randee Poortvliet (1973 - ) |
| Child | Robynn Poortvliet (1973 - ) |
| Child | Risa Poortvliet (1977 - ) |