Alyce Brimacomb of Austin died Saturday, March 17, 2007, at &8220;Our House&8221; Care Facility in

Austin.

Alyce Elizabeth Bond was born Dec. 9, 1922, in Osage, Iowa to Adrian and Elizabeth Gunsallus Bond. The family moved to the Austin area in 1932 and Alyce graduated from Austin

High School in 1939. She married Arvid Bergdale in 1941, he died in Italy in 1944 during World War II. She married Melvin Brimacomb in 1952. Melvin died in 1994.

Alyce was well-known in the Austin area for her exceptional catering service. She credited her high school days in domestic work in the

Austin area as training for her catering business. She also worked for Hormel & Co. for 35 years and, upon retirement, was in charge of the dining room and kitchen at what was then the Red Cedar Inn. During these years she also presented many cooking classes and shared her recipes and techniques.

Alyce was also deeply involved in volunteer work, serving as a &8220;Gray Lady&8221; at the hospital and in anything that involved food at St. Olaf Lutheran Church and Westminster Presbyterian Church. Alyce enjoyed her community and traveling to wherever any of her family might be living. She loved people and a visit to Alyce&8217;s home was always a feast for the mind and the body.

Alyce is survived by three daughters, Elizabeth (Harvey) Mohrenweiser of Turner, Ore.; Jo Seabrook of Lewes, England and Suzanne Brimacomb of Victoria,

Australia. She is also survived by three step-children, Robert (Ferneva) Brimacomb of Burr Oak, Iowa; Richard Brimacomb of

Minneapolis and MaryAnn (Donald) Gothard of Mascoutah, Ill.; one brother Gerald C. (Henrietta) Bond of Byron and a special niece, Pat Nelson of Byron. She is also survived by 13 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, eight great-great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her two husbands, her parents, two brothers, two sisters, a daughter-in-law and two grandchildren.

A memorial service for Alyce will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Austin. There will be no visitation, friends are invited to visit with the family at lunch after the memorial service. Clasen-Jordan Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

The family requests no flowers. Memorials may be made in Alyce&8217;s name to Westminster Presbyterian Church, the Hormel Historic Home in Austin, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum in Burr Oak, Iowa or the organization of your choice.