Obituary of Elisha Hilda Ryter

Elisha (Elise) Ryter (nee Cooper) Born September 14, 1927 - Died June 13, 2006 at the age of 78 years.

Elsie was born in Morberly, B.C. She lived there until 1938 then moved with family to the Cooper ranch, now Becker Farm. She grew up in the Valley, walking to school with siblings in Invermere. As A teenager she worked in Radium Hot Springs and the Stanley Hotel for Jessie Blakely. She moved to Field, B.C. to live with her Aunt Ellen Tallis and family. There she met her husband Werner, they married July 11, 1948 in Invermere United Church (now Interior World). They lived in Field from 1948-1954. Their first child , Alice, was born in Cranbrook in 1949, the next two: Linda, 1951 and Douglas, 1954 were born in Banff, AB. They moved back to the Cooper Ranch until 1955 when they bought land in Windermere. They farmed the land and also worked other jobs, Werner for the Department of Highways and Mineral King Mine Wenger Sawmills, Elsie for Skookum Inn as cook and waitress. In 1959 their last son, Ernest was born in Invermere.

Elsie loved gardening, knitting, family, friends and baseball Elsie was a guide leader. Supported by her children, she was a very loving kind person; she enjoyed life to the fullest. After retirement they became snowbirds and spent the colder months in Arizona until she lost her kidneys from Angioplasty dye and ended up on dialysis for the past four years.

She is survived by her brother Albert and sister Ceclia, daughter Alice (Paul), Linda Douglas (Monica) Ernest.Grandchildren Edward (Jadine), Sonya (Douglas) Amanda and Reece, great grandchildren Jeremy, Haley, McKenna, Trent and Sarah also survive her.

Elsie is predeceased by her loving husband Werner (1996), her father Henry Morley Cooper (1954), mother Hilda Cooper (1983), brothers Victor (1984) and Henry (2001), sister Mae (1991), brother-in-law Dennis (1984).

Elsie was an inspiration to her children, and grandchildren. She will be sorely missed, always remembered with fond memories and always loved by people who knew her.

Services were held on June 19, 2006 at McPherson Funeral Chapel in Cranbrook, British Columbia.

Donations in honour of Elsie may be sent to the Kidney Foundation of Canada, 320-1600 West 6th AvenueVancouver, BC V6J 1R3 and are gratefully acknowledged.

Expressions of sympathy may be emailed to Subject heading: Elsie RyterArrangements are entrusted to McPherson Funeral Servicewww.mcphersonfh.com