Elaine L. Tatge

Elaine Linda Tatge, 89, of Beecher, passed away Thursday, December 5, 2019. She was born November 27, 1930 in Chicago Heights, a daughter of Henry and Elsie (Scheiwe) Tatge. She was a 1949 graduate of Crete-Monee Highschool and a 1953 graduate of Valparaiso university with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She spent 44 years in publishing, primarily college textbooks. She is survived by her cousins and their families, Roslyn and Bob Salmeron; Judy Dohrman, Leon Piepenbrink, Helen and Vernon Bernhard, Bill and Millie Tatge, Ron and Joan Kuhlman, Joyce and Roger Rauch; and many friends. She is preceded in death by her mother, Elsie in 1977 and her father, Henry in 1932; and her college classmate, Joann Steinke. Elaine loved giving and sharing with various organizations, she especially loved Lutheran Women’s Missionary League. She loved to read and enjoyed going to community concerts and Chicago Lyric Opera with friends. Visitation will be Thursday, December 19, 2019 from 9 a.m. until the service at 11 a.m. at Hack-Jensen Funeral Home, Beecher with Rev. Julian Lamie. Burial will be at St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery in Beecher. Cremation rites will be accorded. Memorials may be made to Sanctity of Life Exhibit at the Creation Museum 2800 Bullittsburg Church Road, Petersburg, KY 41080 or the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League.