Parents & Early Roots
Frank Henley Pfister, Elaine's father, served for three years in this military branch during World War I as a radioman on a destroyer.
What is the Navy?
Elaine was born in Los Angeles on this specific date in December 1929.
What is 30 December 1929?
Elaine graduated from UCLA in June 1952 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in this specific education field.
What is Kindergarten-Primary education?
To expedite their marriage after dating for only six weeks, Elaine and Brian drove to this country to obtain a quick divorce and marriage.
What is Mexico? (Tijuana)
This eldest son of Elaine and Brian was born on June 17, 1956, at Franklin Hospital in San Francisco.
Who is Randal John Lewis?
Cecilia Walker Garn, Elaine's mother, was born in this Utah town as the youngest of 13 children.
What is Park City?
This Mexican hairless dog was the pet that Elaine's family had for the longest period during her childhood.
What is Skeeter?
Elaine and her first husband, Peter Wessel, met through a shared interest in this college club.
What is the ski club?
After marrying Brian, their first apartment in Westwood was located on this avenue, just one block away from what Building?
What is the LDS Temple?
When Brian took a job running an engineering firm in Maryland, Elaine stayed behind in Bellevue to sell this specific property.
What is the Lake Washington house?
Frank Pfister finished his schooling only up to this grade level after developing a bad stammer.
What is the sixth grade?
During her high school years, Elaine regularly attended this specific dancing class every Wednesday afternoon.
What is Miss Gayley’sballroom dancing class
Elaine met her second husband, Brian Lewis, at one of Peter's matches for this specific sport.
What is cricket? (The Hollywood Cricket Team)
While living in Washington state, Brian partnered with Alex Redford to form this engineering firm.
What is Lewis-Redford Engineers?
While living in Pennsylvania, Elaine took a part-time job working 30 hours a week for this major apparel company counting inventory.
What is Levis Strauss & Company?
After moving to Santa Barbara, Frank Pfister ultimately became the foreman of the press for this local newspaper.
What is the Santa Barbara News Press?
When Elaine stayed in Portland, Oregon for part of high school in 1944, she attended this high school before flying back to California.
What is Grant High School?
During her undergraduate years at UCLA, Elaine belonged to this organization which provided a meeting place and activities for LDS students before institutes were established.
What is Lambda Delta Sigma?
In 1969, Brian helped run a successful campaign for Dan Evans, fellow engineer and member of the State Legislature, to election of this office.
What is Governor?
After Randal turned 19, he was sent on an LDS mission to this specific European country and city.
What is Milan, Italy?
Elaine's paternal grandparents lived in Los Angeles, but they originally came to California from this midwestern city.
What is St. Louis, MO?
At the age of 12, Elaine had to undergo surgery to have this specific organ removed.
What is her appendix?
After graduating and briefly living in Oslo, Norway, Elaine returned to Southern California and purchased this specific car model to help her commute to her teaching job in Manhattan Beach.
What is a Volkswagen Bug?
In April 1973, Elaine and Brian traveled to this city's temple so that all five of their children could be sealed to them.
What is Salt Lake City?
In their later years, Elaine and Brian ultimately settled down in this North Carolina coastal city where they built a home on the intracoastal waterway.
What is Wilmington, NC?