Alice Van Engelenburg, 88, Albert Lea

Published 12:00 am Friday, July 29, 2005

Funeral services for Alice Van Engelenburg, age 88, of Albert Lea will be held

10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 30, at the Hollandale Reformed Church. The Rev. Mark Volkers will officiate. Interment will be in the Hollandale Cemetery. Visitation is from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home, and one hour prior to the services at the church.

Alice died Wednesday, July 27, 2005, at the Albert Lea Medical Center.

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Alice Van Engelenburg was born March 20, 1917, to Herman and Gertdina (Eertink) Ravenhorst in Nyverdal, Netherlands. She came to the United States at the age of 3 with her father and her brother. Alice was a lifelong resident of the Hollandale area and attended Hollandale Public School. On Oct. 24, 1946, she was united in marriage to Marvin Van Engelenburg in Hollandale.

Alice was a member of the Hollandale Reformed Church and enjoyed quilting, reading, gardening, and especially being with her grandchildren.

Survivors include her son, Ronald Van Engelenburg of Albert Lea; daughter, Susan and her husband Randy Campbell of Mobile, Ala.; grandchildren: Nathan Van Engelenburg and Kaitlin, Scott and David Campbell; sister-in-law, Cornelia Ravenhorst of Hollandale; brothers-in-law: Evert and his wife Doris Van Engelenburg of Grand Junction, Colo., and Harold and his wife Alice Pepperling of Hollandale; and many cousins, nieces and nephews.

Alice was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Marvin; brother, Henry Ravenhorst; sisters-in-law: Bertha Pepperling, Henrietta Lovett, and Betty Lou Allen; and brothers-in-law, Gerrit and Harold Van Engelenburg, Russell Lovett, and Lloyd (Ole) Allen.

Memorials are preferred to the Oak Park Place or the Hollandale Reformed Church.