1913
Alice
2011
Alice Meixell
March 24, 1913 — March 2, 2011
The funeral service for Alice Marie Meixell of Albert Lea, Minnesota will be 11:00 a.m. on Friday, March 11, 2011 at First Lutheran Church, Albert Lea. The Reverend John Holt will officiate. Interment will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-7p.m. Thursday, March 10, 2011 at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea. Memorials are preferred to Peace and Power Video Upgrade Fund
Alice died Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at St. John's Lutheran Home. She was 97 years old.
Alice was born March 24, 1913 in Albert Lea, MN to Fred and Ingeborg (Thonder) Heggelund. She graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1931 and has been a lifetime Albert Lea resident. Alice married Merton J. Meixell on June 3rd 1938. She was a member of First Lutheran Church where she was baptized, confirmed and married. Alice was a very active church member belonging to the Altar Guild, Ladies Aid and Mission Circle.
Alice was a woman of many varied interests. In addition to working in the family businesses for many years, she loved playing golf, and would drop anything for a bridge game. She belonged to a bowling league until her late 70's. She belonged to a woman's investment group, was an active member of the Albert Lea Country Club and Green Lea Golf Course. She traveled throughout Europe several times and even visited the Great Wall of China in her seventies. While visiting her grandson in Ecuador, she even walked an unpaved path to a peasant village and stayed on a hard cot in a hut in the village. Alice especially enjoyed her friends and doing family activities.
Her family would especially thank St. John's and Sheltering Arms for the wonderful care and kindness she received from the staff during her final days.
Alice is survived by her two daughters: Karen Trow and husband Tony of Albert Lea, MN, and Joan Meixell of Minneapolis, MN; grandson: Anthony Trow and his wife Lorraine of Phoenix, AZ;
Five great grandchildren: Brienna, Kaitlyn, Michael, Nicholas and Cayla; two sisters: Lilly Leeper of St. Paul, Mn and Viola Nelsen of Albert Lea, MN as well as several nieces and nephews.
Alice was preceded in death by her parents: Fred and Ingeborg Heggelund; husband: Merton Meixell on November 14, 1977; and sister: Helen Heggelund.
Alice died Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at St. John's Lutheran Home. She was 97 years old.
Alice was born March 24, 1913 in Albert Lea, MN to Fred and Ingeborg (Thonder) Heggelund. She graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1931 and has been a lifetime Albert Lea resident. Alice married Merton J. Meixell on June 3rd 1938. She was a member of First Lutheran Church where she was baptized, confirmed and married. Alice was a very active church member belonging to the Altar Guild, Ladies Aid and Mission Circle.
Alice was a woman of many varied interests. In addition to working in the family businesses for many years, she loved playing golf, and would drop anything for a bridge game. She belonged to a bowling league until her late 70's. She belonged to a woman's investment group, was an active member of the Albert Lea Country Club and Green Lea Golf Course. She traveled throughout Europe several times and even visited the Great Wall of China in her seventies. While visiting her grandson in Ecuador, she even walked an unpaved path to a peasant village and stayed on a hard cot in a hut in the village. Alice especially enjoyed her friends and doing family activities.
Her family would especially thank St. John's and Sheltering Arms for the wonderful care and kindness she received from the staff during her final days.
Alice is survived by her two daughters: Karen Trow and husband Tony of Albert Lea, MN, and Joan Meixell of Minneapolis, MN; grandson: Anthony Trow and his wife Lorraine of Phoenix, AZ;
Five great grandchildren: Brienna, Kaitlyn, Michael, Nicholas and Cayla; two sisters: Lilly Leeper of St. Paul, Mn and Viola Nelsen of Albert Lea, MN as well as several nieces and nephews.
Alice was preceded in death by her parents: Fred and Ingeborg Heggelund; husband: Merton Meixell on November 14, 1977; and sister: Helen Heggelund.
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