Just east of Riverside Cemetery are the road and hill that bear Elmer Laudenbach's name. He and his family lived there for years.

He was born in Anatone, WA in 1911 and graduated from Clarkston, WA in 1929.

He worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps or CCC's in the Grangemont area and that is where he met his future wife, Minnie Margaret Cyr. They were married in 1934 and three daughters, Janet Robin Steiner, Sheryl Maureen Lind and Frances Lorelle Lambert.

His first job in Orofino was with the White Pine Lumber Co. Morrie Snyder remembers him driving the straddle buggy and some of the pranks he played. He also worked for Orofino Builders Supply, but the majority of his career was with Riverside Lumber Co. as a shipping dock working manager/bookkeeper.

His passions were hiking, hunting, fishing and shooting. He was an amazing marksman. He loved the land and his "hill".

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