It was about this time, at the age of six, that Elmer was moving with his mother, Jennie, and infant sister, Caroline, to Muskegon, Michigan. His parents had separated; his father remained in Chicago. "We were on our way to Muskegon—not for a visit, but a permanent move. My mother was taking two of her four children and leaving Chicago for an uncertain future. I remember going down to the big boat dock at dawn, my sister a baby in my mother's arms, I a small boy trudging beside them. It was my first trip on a big boat, my first trip to my mother's home in Muskegon. It was a momentous day for me, but the only memory I retain is of that early morning walk to the dock."Image courtesy H. B. Fuller Company
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