Alice Hansen Albertsen

Alice died Friday morning at Woodlands Rehabilitation Center in Council Bluffs.  VisitationMonday, March 9, 2009, 1:30 PMOhde Funeral Home, Manilla

Funeral Service Monday, March 9, 2009, 2:00 PMOhde Funeral Home, Manilla

OfficiatingPastor Lanette PlambeckUnited Church of Manilla

IntermentNishnabotna Cemetery, near Manilla

   Alice, daughter of Nick and Anna (Ronfeldt) Hansen, was born September 22, 1911 near Irwin, Iowa. She attended country schools near her home, graduating from Irwin High School in 1929. Alice attended Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls then taught country school in the Irwin, Manilla and Manning area.      On February 20, 1937 Alice was united in marriage with Albert C. Albertsen at Carroll, Iowa. They farmed for a while before they owned and operated a grocery store in Storm Lake. In 1960 they moved to Council Bluffs where her husband was a meat cutter. Alice worked at Jennie Edmundsen Hospital in Council Bluffs in the Dietary Department, retiring in 1976. Alice and Albert remained in Council Bluffs after their retirements. In her spare time, Alice enjoyed baking and reading newspapers.   Following the death of her husband on October 27, 1984 Alice continued to live in their home in Council Bluffs with the care of her daughter Lorraine. In January of 2009, when she could no longer remain at home, she became a resident of Woodlands Rehab Nursing Center in Council Bluffs. Alice died there on Monday, March 6, 2009, at the age of 97 years.   She is preceded in death by her parents; husband; brothers Albert, in infancy, Otto, Alfred, John, Henry, and Louie Hansen; and sisters Elsie, in infancy, Mabel Nordby, and Alma Perry.   Survivors include her children: Lorene and husband Mike Kirkmeyer of Pueblo, Colorado; Larry Albertsen and wife Lynne of Burlington, Iowa; and Lorraine Albertsen of Council Bluffs; six grandchildren: Lawrence Albertsen; Matthew Albertsen; Wauneta Kirkmeyer; Irvin Kirkmeyer; Carol Kirkmeyer Van Meter and Adam Albertsen; two great-grandsons Ozzy and Darrell Van Meter; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.