When Elsie Erychleb was born on 26 August 1902, in Nebraska, United States, her father, James Erychleb, was 34 and her mother, Mary Peter, was 21. She married Joseph Prusa on 21 April 1925. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Butterfly Township, Stanton, Nebraska, United States in 1920. She died on 15 December 1974, in Stanton, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 72.