Else Benesh Thompson, Chicagoan

There is no "I" in team and there is no "I" in Elsie Benesh... anymore. She's been a Thompson for 35 years, and dropped the "I" in her first name long ago. For the past seven years, Else Thompson has worked in Chicago for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. The job is interesting and the city is amazing, she says. Didn't say if she was a Cubs or a Sox fan.
She and her husband, Mike, have two married children, one in California and one in Tennessee, so it gives them good places to visit.
They also get to Else's hometown, of course, where they maintain a place on Lake Darling. Their most recent visit was for Alexandria's popular production of Li'l Abner, to watch younger sister Margaret - now Kalina - and her niece singing and dancing up a storm.
She promises to watch the Roundup for updates on her classmates.