Elsie was born in Parkersburg, Wood Co., West Virginia, daughter of Cyrus Maxwell Boger & Bertha (Forester)Boger. She attended Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, graduating with a B.A.in 1916.
Elsie married an Ohio U. classmate, Glenn Morgan DeGroft, 29 Nov 1916. Their Best Man was Fred Wilson Oldham,(my father) an Ohio U. classmate from Bedford, Ohio. Glenn & Elsie had one daughter, Bertha Jeanette DeGroft, commonly called Jean.
Elsie was a member of the D.A.R., a member of the Geauga County Board of Elections and a charter member of the Business and Professional Women's Association. Elsie was a member & president of the Chardon Progress Research Club, and a member of the Geauga County Historical Society. Also, for many years she was involved in running the annual Burton Maple Sugar Festival.
For many years she and Glenn kept a close friendship with some of those classmates: Ralph & Irene Vesey of Greenville, Ohio; Fred & Ethel Oldham of Bedford, Ohio; Carl & Mary Linville of Elyria and Grace & John Albright PHD, of Cleveland & Shaker Hts., Ohio.
Elsie married an Ohio U. classmate, Glenn Morgan DeGroft, 29 Nov 1916. Their Best Man was Fred Wilson Oldham,(my father) an Ohio U. classmate from Bedford, Ohio. Glenn & Elsie had one daughter, Bertha Jeanette DeGroft, commonly called Jean.
Elsie was a member of the D.A.R., a member of the Geauga County Board of Elections and a charter member of the Business and Professional Women's Association. Elsie was a member & president of the Chardon Progress Research Club, and a member of the Geauga County Historical Society. Also, for many years she was involved in running the annual Burton Maple Sugar Festival.
For many years she and Glenn kept a close friendship with some of those classmates: Ralph & Irene Vesey of Greenville, Ohio; Fred & Ethel Oldham of Bedford, Ohio; Carl & Mary Linville of Elyria and Grace & John Albright PHD, of Cleveland & Shaker Hts., Ohio.
Elsie was born in Parkersburg, Wood Co., West Virginia, daughter of Cyrus Maxwell Boger & Bertha (Forester)Boger. She attended Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, graduating with a B.A.in 1916.
Elsie married an Ohio U. classmate, Glenn Morgan DeGroft, 29 Nov 1916. Their Best Man was Fred Wilson Oldham,(my father) an Ohio U. classmate from Bedford, Ohio. Glenn & Elsie had one daughter, Bertha Jeanette DeGroft, commonly called Jean.
Elsie was a member of the D.A.R., a member of the Geauga County Board of Elections and a charter member of the Business and Professional Women's Association. Elsie was a member & president of the Chardon Progress Research Club, and a member of the Geauga County Historical Society. Also, for many years she was involved in running the annual Burton Maple Sugar Festival.
For many years she and Glenn kept a close friendship with some of those classmates: Ralph & Irene Vesey of Greenville, Ohio; Fred & Ethel Oldham of Bedford, Ohio; Carl & Mary Linville of Elyria and Grace & John Albright PHD, of Cleveland & Shaker Hts., Ohio.
Elsie married an Ohio U. classmate, Glenn Morgan DeGroft, 29 Nov 1916. Their Best Man was Fred Wilson Oldham,(my father) an Ohio U. classmate from Bedford, Ohio. Glenn & Elsie had one daughter, Bertha Jeanette DeGroft, commonly called Jean.
Elsie was a member of the D.A.R., a member of the Geauga County Board of Elections and a charter member of the Business and Professional Women's Association. Elsie was a member & president of the Chardon Progress Research Club, and a member of the Geauga County Historical Society. Also, for many years she was involved in running the annual Burton Maple Sugar Festival.
For many years she and Glenn kept a close friendship with some of those classmates: Ralph & Irene Vesey of Greenville, Ohio; Fred & Ethel Oldham of Bedford, Ohio; Carl & Mary Linville of Elyria and Grace & John Albright PHD, of Cleveland & Shaker Hts., Ohio.
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