1922
Anne
2013
Anne Lehman
June 25, 1922 — December 21, 2013
Funeral Services for Anne Lehman of Albert Lea, formerly from Glenville, will be held at 10:30 A.M. on
Friday, December 27, 2013, at Round Prairie Lutheran Church. The Reverend Kent Otterman will officiate. Interment will be in St. James Cemetery, rural Twin Lakes, MN. Military Honors will be accorded by Albert Lea Veteran's Organizations. Visitation will be from 4:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M. on Thursday at
Bonnerup Funeral Service, and one hour before the service at the church. Anne died peacefully on Saturday, December 21, 2013 at St. John's Lutheran Home, with her family at her side. She was 91.
Anne was born on June 25, 1922, in Zwittau, Czechoslovakia the daughter of Rudolph and Anna (Prohaska) Gloser. She came to the USA at 6 months of age with her family. Anne became a U.S. citizen on February 7, 1930. She grew up in Chesterton, Indiana, graduating from Westchester (Chesterton) High School in 1940. Anne went on to Indiana State Teacher's College in Terra Haute, Indiana until 1941. She then entered Michael Reese Hospital Nurse's Training in 1941, graduating with her R.N. Degree in 1944. Anne entered the Army Nurses Corp in 1945 as 2nd Lieutenant. Her tour of duty included Yokohama, Japan, where she met and married Willis W. Lehman of Albert Lea, on July 25, 1946. She received an honorable discharge from the military service on September 20, 1946. They returned to the U.S. and she and Willis lived and worked the family farm, rural Glenville. She had also worked as a nurse at St. John's Lutheran Home and Good Samaritan Center, retiring in 1988. They enjoyed socializing on Friday nights at the Eagle's, Elks, V.F.W. and American Legion. She was a member of Round Prairie Lutheran Church and enjoyed donating time helping serve in the church. Anne is survived by two children: William (Bill) Lehman and his wife Michelle of Glenville, MN, Nannette (Nan) Gauger and her husband David of Miesville, MN; grandson: Christopher Lehman and his wife Sarah of Hugo, MN, granddaughters: Jessica Gauger of Brooklyn Center, MN, and Shannon (Lehman)Gordon and her husband Matthew of St. Paul, MN; step granddaughter: Stephanie Walker of Algona, IA; great grandchildren: Kylee Anne and Avery Colleen Lehman of Hugo , MN; step great grandchild: Emily Walker of Algona, IA; nieces: Anna Marie (Harry) Montgomery of Las Cruses, NM, & Susan DeSantis of North Judson, IN.
She was preceded in death by her husband Willis Lehman, her parents, her grandson Benjamin Gauger, her sisters Mary Gloser and Elizabeth DeSantis, her brother John Gloser. Memorials suggested to Alzheimer's Association.
Friday, December 27, 2013, at Round Prairie Lutheran Church. The Reverend Kent Otterman will officiate. Interment will be in St. James Cemetery, rural Twin Lakes, MN. Military Honors will be accorded by Albert Lea Veteran's Organizations. Visitation will be from 4:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M. on Thursday at
Bonnerup Funeral Service, and one hour before the service at the church. Anne died peacefully on Saturday, December 21, 2013 at St. John's Lutheran Home, with her family at her side. She was 91.
Anne was born on June 25, 1922, in Zwittau, Czechoslovakia the daughter of Rudolph and Anna (Prohaska) Gloser. She came to the USA at 6 months of age with her family. Anne became a U.S. citizen on February 7, 1930. She grew up in Chesterton, Indiana, graduating from Westchester (Chesterton) High School in 1940. Anne went on to Indiana State Teacher's College in Terra Haute, Indiana until 1941. She then entered Michael Reese Hospital Nurse's Training in 1941, graduating with her R.N. Degree in 1944. Anne entered the Army Nurses Corp in 1945 as 2nd Lieutenant. Her tour of duty included Yokohama, Japan, where she met and married Willis W. Lehman of Albert Lea, on July 25, 1946. She received an honorable discharge from the military service on September 20, 1946. They returned to the U.S. and she and Willis lived and worked the family farm, rural Glenville. She had also worked as a nurse at St. John's Lutheran Home and Good Samaritan Center, retiring in 1988. They enjoyed socializing on Friday nights at the Eagle's, Elks, V.F.W. and American Legion. She was a member of Round Prairie Lutheran Church and enjoyed donating time helping serve in the church. Anne is survived by two children: William (Bill) Lehman and his wife Michelle of Glenville, MN, Nannette (Nan) Gauger and her husband David of Miesville, MN; grandson: Christopher Lehman and his wife Sarah of Hugo, MN, granddaughters: Jessica Gauger of Brooklyn Center, MN, and Shannon (Lehman)Gordon and her husband Matthew of St. Paul, MN; step granddaughter: Stephanie Walker of Algona, IA; great grandchildren: Kylee Anne and Avery Colleen Lehman of Hugo , MN; step great grandchild: Emily Walker of Algona, IA; nieces: Anna Marie (Harry) Montgomery of Las Cruses, NM, & Susan DeSantis of North Judson, IN.
She was preceded in death by her husband Willis Lehman, her parents, her grandson Benjamin Gauger, her sisters Mary Gloser and Elizabeth DeSantis, her brother John Gloser. Memorials suggested to Alzheimer's Association.
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