Petersburg--Florence M. Elder, age 66, of 128 W. Chestnut St., Petersburg, died Sunday, May 28, 1972, at 5:15 a.m. at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor.  She had been in the hospital for two weeks.
   Services were held Wednesday, May 31, 1972, at 1:00 p.m. at the McNeil & Spencer Funeral Home in Petersburg.  The Rev. Harry Coleman of Petersburg Presbyterian Church officiated.  Burial took place in the Pleasant View Cemetery.  Bearers were Ed Perry, Carl Koppelman, Fred Kampmueller, Ed Schrader, Curt Smith and Gordon Wittman.
  She was born to Andrew and Sophia (Henning) Huston January 17, 1906, in Toledo.  She married Stanley Elder July 3, 1926, in Whiteford Center.  She had been employed as a part-time postal clerk for 20 years in the Petersburg Post Office.  She was a member of the Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society.  She had been a resident of the Petersburg area for 42 years.
  She is survived by her husband, Stanley; one son, Dennis of Toledo; two daughters, Mrs. Richard (Nancy) Harris of Petersburg and Mrs. Douglas (Rosemary) Luce of Blissfield; one step-brother, Irving Jeffs of Riviera beach, Fla.; one sister, Mrs. Carl (Irma) Schmid of Petersburg and four grandchildren.
   She was preceded in death by two sons and one step-brother.