Elsie Louise (Gries) Brown, 68, of Bertrand died Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, at Elwood Care Center.     

Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege with the Rev. Mike Szekely officiating. Private family burial of cremains will be later. There will be no visitation. The body was cremated. Sandstrom Funeral Home of Bertrand is in charge of arrangements.     

She was born Dec. 11, 1941, in Onawa, Iowa, to Melvin and Clara (Martz) Gries.     

Survivors include her son, Scott of Lexington; daughters, Teola Campbell of Holdrege and Carrie McHarness of Axtell; brothers, Larry Gries of Omaha and Frank Strong of Eustis; sisters, Catherine Hoselton of Eustis and Linda Jones of Cozad; three grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; and seven stepgreat-grandchildren.Published in the Kearney Hub on 9/28/2010