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Elsie Jeanne Weber Holderness, born Saturday, 3 October 1914 in Passaic, New Jersey, the only child of Elsy Mueller and Jean Jacques Weber, passed away after a short illness on Saturday, March 4, 2000. She was educated at the Beau-Soleil Academy in Lausanne, Switzerland, and married Stephen Walsh Holderness, United States Military Academy (USMA) 1936, in December of 1936. She was fluent in five languages, a master gardener, a gourmet cook and 1935 graduate of the Cordon Bleu cooking school in New York City. For thirty years Elsie traveled the world as an Officer's wife, serving in various volunteer capacities at every post, including Naples, Italy, Athens, Greece, and Camp Zama, Japan. After retirement they built a home at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, and enjoyed many wonderful years of travel and family activities. Stephen passed away in May 1992, and Elsie lived in South Carolina until April 1998, when she moved to Carlsbad to be near family. She is survived by two sons, Stephen W. Holderness Jr. (USMA 1962) and his wife, Liz of Cherry Hill, NJ, Jerome W. Holderness (USMA 1968) and his wife, Susan of Carlsbad, NM; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, Rebecca and her husband, Mike Emmel and their two young children, Michael and Brittany of Cherry Hill, NJ, Lisa and her young daughter, Jaclyn of Merchantville, NJ, Stephen (Citadel 1999) and his wife, Christie of Charleston, SC, Margaret (USMA 1995) and her husband, Mike Pratt (USMA 1993) and their young son, Mason of Ft. Bragg, NC, and Peter of New York, NY. Cremation has taken place; funeral services and burial will take place at West Point later in the spring. A short memorial service was held at the Denton-Funchess Funeral Home chapel at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, March 9, 2000. Memorial gifts may be made to Landsum Homes, Inc., Caring Hands Fund, 2002 Westridge Road, Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220 or the West Point Fund, USMA West Point, New York 10996.
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