Elsie Lilian Wiegel of 330 Beau Valley Lane, Tryon died Jan. 31, 2012 in her home.
She was born in Southampton, England and was the daughter of the late Fred and Helen Sibley Osman. Elsie and her husband, John, moved to Tryon in 1983 from Chicago, Ill. Elsie met her husband in Berlin while he was serving in the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II. She was retired from her employment as an executive secretary at RR Donnelley Company in Chicago.
She is survived by a number of nieces and nephews, including two nieces, Carol Guderyahn (John) of Homer Glen, Ill. and Janice Harrison; and two nephews, Christopher Osman and Anthony Christie, who reside in England. She will be missed by her many friends, especially those who reside in her community at Beau Valley.
No local services are planned.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, 130 Forest Glen Dr., Columbus, N.C. 28722 or to the Tryon Methodist Church, P.O. Box 897, Tryon, N.C.  28782.
An online guest register is available at www.mcfarlandfuneralchapel.com.
McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon.