Funeral services for Terrilyn D. Sager of Albert Lea, MN, will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, July 25, 2015 at the Grace Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. Pastor Janet White will officiate. Friends may greet the family one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in Graceland Cemetery, Albert Lea. Terrie died Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at St Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN, surrounded by her loving family, gently left a life of love, laughter and creativity. She was 72 years of age.
Terrie was born June 7, 1943 in Seattle, WA, the daughter of Harold (Dale) and Theodora (Rice) Fox. She graduated from High School in Chico, CA. On November 10, 1972 she was united in marriage to Bill Sager at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, IA.
Terrie spent most of her life in Albert Lea as a stay at home mother of three children. She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church and in her free time enjoyed her beloved pet dog Lucy. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, a caring woman of great strength and inspiration. She took great pride in the perfection of her home, her yard and her fashion and especially spending time with family and her grandchildren.
She is survived by her husband William of Albert Lea, MN, children; Derek and his wife Julie Sager of Albert Lea, MN, Denise and her husband Paul Boyken of Lake Mills, IA, Darcie and her husband Don Gilster of Hartland, MN. Grandchildren include Jenna (Tim Kuphal) Sager and great grandson Kaidyn Kuphal, Alyssa Sager, Mathew Sager, Dillan and Devan Register, Cassie and Seth Gilster, mother-in-law Eileen Sager of Fairmont, MN, sisters-in-law Sharon (Tony) Wayne of Albert Lea, MN, and Nancy (Cary) Bergo of Morris, MN.
She will be sadly missed by all who loved her so much.
She was preceded in death by her parents.