Elaine was preceded in death by her parents Walter and Hannah Petersen, her brother Kenneth Petersen, sister Mildred Mowell and her husband Raymond, sister Helen Haupt and her husband Bernard. Elaine is survived by her husband Halvor Egede, sister-in-law Edna Petersen, brother-in-law Robert Hedlund, sister-in-law Solvejg Hedlund, nieces Christina Hedlund, Sharon Ross and her husband David, Joanne Haupt, nephews Paul Hedlund and his wife Sheryl, Eric Hedlund and his wife Julie, and Martin Hedlund and his wife Ellen.