Captain Mark Elster, United States Air Force Captain, was a C-141B Instructor Navigator, 4th Airlift Squadron at McChord, Air Force Base, Washington, from May 9, 1988 until his death in a plane crash on November 30, 1992 when his life was cut tragically short. To honor his memory, his siblings, Stacey Vogel and Brad Elster, chose to create a fund designated for education and Israel, the Captain Mark Elster Israel Youth Fund.
CAPT. MARK ALAN ELSTER (USAF), 32, of Tacoma, Wash., formerly of Memphis, died Nov. 30 in Harlem, Mont. Services will be at noon today at Sam Abraham Chapel at Baron Hirsch Cemetery. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. He was a member of Baron Hirsch Congregation. He was in the service for 11 years and was commissioned as an officer in 1987 at officer training school in San Antonio, Texas. He was a navigator in the Air Force, and was a member of the Fourth Airlift Squadron. He received the Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal, Southwest Asia Service Award Medal with two Bronze Stars, an Air Traffic Controller Badge and Navigator Wings. Mr. Elster, the husband of Carrie Ellingson, also leaves his mother, Laverne Elster; his father, Dr. Alvin Elster; a sister, Stacy Vogel, and a brother, Brad Elster, all of Memphis, and his grandparents, Helen Elster of Memphis and Harry Saripkin of Atlanta. (Published in The Commercial Appeal 12/11/1992)
CAPT. MARK ALAN ELSTER (USAF), 32, of Tacoma, Wash., formerly of Memphis, died Nov. 30 in Harlem, Mont. Services will be at noon today at Sam Abraham Chapel at Baron Hirsch Cemetery. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. He was a member of Baron Hirsch Congregation. He was in the service for 11 years and was commissioned as an officer in 1987 at officer training school in San Antonio, Texas. He was a navigator in the Air Force, and was a member of the Fourth Airlift Squadron. He received the Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal, Southwest Asia Service Award Medal with two Bronze Stars, an Air Traffic Controller Badge and Navigator Wings. Mr. Elster, the husband of Carrie Ellingson, also leaves his mother, Laverne Elster; his father, Dr. Alvin Elster; a sister, Stacy Vogel, and a brother, Brad Elster, all of Memphis, and his grandparents, Helen Elster of Memphis and Harry Saripkin of Atlanta. (Published in The Commercial Appeal 12/11/1992)
Captain Mark Elster, United States Air Force Captain, was a C-141B Instructor Navigator, 4th Airlift Squadron at McChord, Air Force Base, Washington, from May 9, 1988 until his death in a plane crash on November 30, 1992 when his life was cut tragically short. To honor his memory, his siblings, Stacey Vogel and Brad Elster, chose to create a fund designated for education and Israel, the Captain Mark Elster Israel Youth Fund.
CAPT. MARK ALAN ELSTER (USAF), 32, of Tacoma, Wash., formerly of Memphis, died Nov. 30 in Harlem, Mont. Services will be at noon today at Sam Abraham Chapel at Baron Hirsch Cemetery. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. He was a member of Baron Hirsch Congregation. He was in the service for 11 years and was commissioned as an officer in 1987 at officer training school in San Antonio, Texas. He was a navigator in the Air Force, and was a member of the Fourth Airlift Squadron. He received the Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal, Southwest Asia Service Award Medal with two Bronze Stars, an Air Traffic Controller Badge and Navigator Wings. Mr. Elster, the husband of Carrie Ellingson, also leaves his mother, Laverne Elster; his father, Dr. Alvin Elster; a sister, Stacy Vogel, and a brother, Brad Elster, all of Memphis, and his grandparents, Helen Elster of Memphis and Harry Saripkin of Atlanta. (Published in The Commercial Appeal 12/11/1992)
CAPT. MARK ALAN ELSTER (USAF), 32, of Tacoma, Wash., formerly of Memphis, died Nov. 30 in Harlem, Mont. Services will be at noon today at Sam Abraham Chapel at Baron Hirsch Cemetery. Canale Funeral Directors has charge. He was a member of Baron Hirsch Congregation. He was in the service for 11 years and was commissioned as an officer in 1987 at officer training school in San Antonio, Texas. He was a navigator in the Air Force, and was a member of the Fourth Airlift Squadron. He received the Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal, Southwest Asia Service Award Medal with two Bronze Stars, an Air Traffic Controller Badge and Navigator Wings. Mr. Elster, the husband of Carrie Ellingson, also leaves his mother, Laverne Elster; his father, Dr. Alvin Elster; a sister, Stacy Vogel, and a brother, Brad Elster, all of Memphis, and his grandparents, Helen Elster of Memphis and Harry Saripkin of Atlanta. (Published in The Commercial Appeal 12/11/1992)
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