TITLE:  Warren Huddle Eilertson

SOURCE:  The Beaufort Gazette

SUBMITTED BY: The Beaufort Gazette

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Oct 2002

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Warren Huddle Eilertson 
Published Fri, Oct 11, 2002
Warren Huddle Eilertson, 71, of Beaufort, husband of Margaret 
Eilertson, died Thursday, Oct. 10, 2002, in Beaufort County.
Copeland Funeral Home is in charge.

By ASHLEY FLETCHER
A Beaufort man died Thursday morning in a three-car accident on S.C. 
170 near U.S. 278 in Bluffton, authorities said. Warren H. Eilertson, 
71, of 470 Cedar Grove Circle, died at the scene of the accident 
around 11:40 a.m., said Beaufort County Coroner Curt Copeland.  
Eilertson, a retired aerospace engineer originally from Washington, 
D.C., ran last year as a Libertarian candidate for South Carolina's 
2nd Congressional District in a special election after the death of 
Rep. Floyd Spence. Eilertson also ran on the Libertarian ticket for 
S.C. Senate District 46 seat in 1999. Eilertson's wife, Margaret, 71, 
a passenger, was flown from the scene and taken to Memorial Health 
University Medical Center in Savannah, where she was listed in good 
condition Thursday evening, hospital officials said. Ernestine Cooler,
72, of Okatie, was driving eastbound on S.C. 170 when her 2002 Mercury 
Villager minivan crossed the nine-foot painted median and collided 
with Eilertson's westbound 1993 Chevrolet, said Lance Cpl. Paul 
Brouthers of the state Highway Patrol.  Cooler's van then collided 
with a 1992 Ford Ranger driven by Robert Anthony Findley, 24, of 
Savannah, also headed westbound, Brouthers said. Cooler was listed in 
good condition Thursday evening at Hilton Head Medical Center and 
Clinics, where she was kept for observation, said hospital spokeswoman 
Kelly Presnell.  Findley was treated and released Thursday, Presnell 
said. The cause of the accident is still under investigation, 
Brouthers said, and charges may be pending against Cooler for driving 
left of the center of the roadway. Beaufort City Councilman Billy 
Keyserling said he knew Eilertson from local politics. "He was a 
strong believer in the Libertarian movement," Keyserling said. "He 
was a very quiet and gentle man." 

Warren Huddle Eilertson 
Published Fri, Oct 11, 2002
Warren Huddle Eilertson, 71, of Beaufort, husband of Margaret 
Eilertson, died Thursday, Oct. 10, 2002, in Beaufort County.
Copeland Funeral Home is in charge.

Warren Huddle Eilertson
Published Tue, Oct 15, 2002
Warren Huddle Eilertson, 71, of Beaufort, died Thursday, Oct. 10, 2002,
near Beaufort. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. 
Thursday at Copeland Funeral Home. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m.
Friday at Copeland Funeral Home. Mr. Eilertson was born Oct. 27, 1930, 
in Washington, D.C., a son of Blanche Huddle Eilertson and Robert T. 
Eilertson. He received his bachelor's degree from Catholic University 
in Washington, D.C. and retired as an aerospace engineer. He was a 
member of Sea Island Presbyterian Church and Men's Group and was a 
member of the Libertarian Party.  Survivors include his wife, Margaret
Jeanette Weir Eilertson of Beaufort; a daughter, Debbie Barrett of 
Beaufort; a sister, Elizabeth Louise Ferrell of Louisville, Ky.; a 
brother, Edward Vernon Eilertson of Monrovia, Md.; and a granddaughter.
Memorials may be made to Sea Island Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 966,
Beaufort, SC 29901.
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