Rozena Randall, 95, Albert Lea

Published 12:00 am Thursday, August 18, 2005

Funeral services for Rozena Randall, age 95, of Albert Lea will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, at Calvary Baptist Church. The Rev. Roger Davies will officiate. Interment will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. Visitation is 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service.

Rozena died Monday, Aug. 15, 2005, at the Albert Lea Medical Center.

She was born Feb. 25, 1910, to Bert and Maggie (Michaelson) Amelsberg in Dexter. On Oct. 10, 1936, sh married Arthur Randall in St. Paul where the couple lived until Arthur was called into the Marine Corps in 1943 during World War II.

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After his discharge in 1945, the couple farmed in Northern Iowa and then in the Albert Lea area from 1957, until retiring in 1987, and moving into Albert Lea. Rozena had been an active member of Calvary Baptist Church and was also a member of the Gideon Auxiliary for 35 years.

Survivors include her husband, Arthur; children: Ronna (Franklin) Belshan, Donna (Bruce) Carman, and Leonard

(Lois) Randall; grandchildren: Debra and James Viktora, Pamela and Craig Peterson, Timothy and Mel Randall, Lisa and Randy Pickelheimer, Andrew and Sel Randall, Katie and Gerald Touchstone, David and Claudia Carman, Sarla Carman, and Leela and Phil Fryer; 21 great-grandchildren; sister, Juanita Evans; brother, Oliver Amelsberg; and many nieces and nephews.

Rozena was preceded in death by her parents, five sisters, and five brothers.

Memorials are preferred to the Gideons.