Burnette Sanderson

Funeral Services for Burnette Edna Sanderson, age 101, of Albert Lea, formerly of Glenville, will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, January 20, at the First Lutheran Church of Glenville. The Reverend Nancy Hansen will officiate. Interment will be in First Lutheran Cemetery, Glenville. Friends may visit with family one hour before services at the church. Burnette died at St. John’s Lutheran Community on Saturday, January 13, 2018. Burnette Edna Sanderson was born on December 16, 1916, to Bendick and Hilda (Erickson) Holstad in Montpelier, ND. She was baptized in Ypsilanti, ND. She moved with her family and grew up in the Northwood area attending country school. The Holstad sisters were well known for their talented singing at many events throughout the area. Burnette married Leon Sanderson on November 8, 1935. They lived on a couple different farms until purchasing their farm east of Glenville. Burnette was a housewife and helped with the farming, she also worked at Land O Lakes for a short time. In later years, the couple enjoyed yearly trips to Arizona and California, visiting Leon’s family. After selling their farm, Burnette and Leon moved to a home in Glenville. Burnette always enjoyed her family reunions where she and her siblings would visit and sing. Burnette dearly loved her daughters and grandchildren and was very devoted to them. Burnette enjoyed dressing up, going out for supper, having coffee downtown and playing cards at the Glenville, Senior Citizens Center, and taking her grandchildren to McDonalds. Burnette was a member of First Lutheran Church in Glenville and, until her health prevented it, she was a very active member of Ladies Aid and circle. Blessed be her memory. Survivors include her daughter Pauline Kohnke of Albert Lea; grandchildren Monica Wallace of Albert Lea, Marnie (Scott) Thompson of Albert Lea, Clark (Lori) Ericksen of Glenville, Dawn (Tim) Kaasa of Glenville; 11 great-grandchildren; 11 great great grandchildren; sister Mildred Patterson of St. Ansgar, IA, brother-in-law Carroll Hanson of Albert Lea; many nieces and nephews. Burnette was preceded in death by her parents; husband Leon; daughter Ramona and her husband Robert J. Ericksen; sisters, Gilma Holstad, Julia and her husband Gerhard Stumo, Evelyn and her husband Roy Gordon, Luella and her husband Curtis Leidal, Lillian and her husband Jewell Thompson, Idena and her husband Stanley  Hagen; brothers, Marvin Holstad and his wife Fern and their children, Irving Holstad and his wife Dorothy, Aldon Holstad and his wife Kathryn (Hanson); brothers-in-law, Max Patterson;  mother-in-law and father-in-law, Nora and Gilbert Sanderson; brothers and sisters-in-law, Roy Stanley and his wife Lou Sanderson, Verna and her husband Wilbur Charles, and Iolene Sanderson.