Elmer married Pearl Antoinette Blackman, daughter of George Lyman Blackman and Dorothy Mae Hansbrough, on 19 Nov 1934 in Pacific Junction, Iowa. (Pearl Antoinette Blackman was born on 7 Apr 1917 in Omaha, Nebraska, died on 16 Jan 1998 in Phoenix, Arizonia and was buried in Imogene, Fremont County, Iowa.)
