The funeral service for Alice M. (Lee) Enderson of Albert Lea will be at 11 a.m. Friday at East Freeborn Lutheran Church, rural Albert Lea. The Rev. Matthew Griggs will officiate. Interment will be at East Freeborn Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service at the church. Bonnerup Funeral Service is assisting the family with arrangements.
Alice died on Saturday, April 10, 2010, at St. John’s Lutheran Home in Albert Lea, at the age of 94 years old.
She was born on Sept. 20, 1915, in Fontanelle, Iowa, the daughter of John E. and Jennie A. (Moss) Lee. When Alice was young she moved with her parents and family to Prescott, Iowa and attended school there. In 1925, the family moved to Freeborn County. She attended Country School in District 88 and 26 and graduated from High School in 1933.
Alice married Ernest Enderson on May 26,1936, in Northwood, Iowa. To this union seven children were born — four boys: Duane, Edward, Roger and Alton; and three girls: Barbara, Patricia and Margaret. Ernest and Alice farmed in Riceland Township until 1963, when they retired and moved to Albert Lea.
In September of 2000, Alice moved to Knutson Place Apartments.
Alice was a member of East Freeborn Lutheran Church, the Senior Club of Geneva and the Albert Lea Senior Center. She liked sewing, baking, crocheting and knitting, playing cards, traveling and fishing. She had served as a volunteer at Thorne Crest Retirement Center and St. John’s Lutheran Home. She also enjoyed watching the Minnesota Twins.
She is survived by her children: Duane Enderson (special friend Georgia Alt), Edward (Judy) Enderson, Roger (Shirley) Enderson, Barbara (Al) Tullberg all of Albert Lea, Patricia (De) Bendtsen of Rochester, Margaret (Jim) List of Austin and Alton (Cathy) Enderson of Albert Lea; 18 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest, on Sept. 10, 1995; daughter-in-law, Dona Enderson, in 1998; brothers: Lawrence and Marlin; and sisters: Ora, Ethel, Irene and Nellie (at birth).
Alice had left a special written note to her close friends “Thanks for caring and being so supportive of me throughout the years.”
Blessed be her memory!