Elaine Marie Halsne, 83, of Albany died June 22, 2009.
She was born Dec. 8, 1925 in Rockford, Ill., to Patrick Henry and Mary Claire (Bertchie) Cleary.
She graduated from West High School in Rockford, Illinois in 1943 and lived in Rockford until 1957. She then lived in various places in California until settling in Redding in 1963. She left Redding in 1999 when she moved to Sweet Home to live with her daughter Kathi.