ELMER A. STROM
1935 - 1936, 1939 - 1942

Elmer A. Strom, fifteenth prosecuting attorney, was born March 18, 1903 in Chicago. He moved to Cape Girardeau in 1909 when is father died. He attended Central High School and SEMO University. He graduated from the University of Missouri law school in 1928. He served three terms as prosecuting attorney. He served overseas with the U. S. Army from 1943 to 1945, retiring with the rank of colonel. He was decorated with the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star and the Croix de Guerre. He died March 13, 1977, after practicing law in Cape Girardeau County nearly fifty years.

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