Jul 23, 2021 | 5:40 PM
Elliot Tanis, age 87, of Holland, died peacefully on July 22, 2021, at The Inn of Freedom Village surrounded by his wife and three children.
Elliot was born on April 23, 1934, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the third of four children. His father, Edward Tanis, was a minister in the Reformed Church in America, and so the Tanis family moved regularly, also living in Wisconsin and Iowa as he grew up.
In fact, Elliot first met his wife, Elaine Buteyn, in Waupun, Wisconsin, when they were children. Their romance was kindled when they both attended Central College in Pella, Iowa, where each received their Bachelor of Arts degrees, and they were married on December 29, 1959 (after Elliot had served two years in the US Army and Elaine returned from three years teaching English in Japan).
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