Wilbur, Alice Isabelle (1922-2017)

WILBUR, ANDERSON, HESSELGRAVE, TUCKER, JONES

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 5/18/2021 at 17:36:23

Alice Isabelle Wilbur
September 22, 1922 - December 8, 2017

Alice Isabelle Wilbur was born on September 22, 1922, to George and Vira Wilbur on a farm near Lake Lillian, Minnesota. After the family moved to Iowa in 1930, they resided in Lake City and Marathon.

Alice graduated from Marathon High School in 1941. On November 21, 1941, she married Wesley Anderson at the Evangelical Free Church in Marathon. For the next forty-four years, they made their home on a farm south of Albert City, retiring to Albert City in 1985. All in all, they enjoyed 54 years of life together before Wesley's death in 1996. To their union were born Carolyn, Byron, Kathy, and Darwin.

Alice accepted the Lord as her personal Savior at age 11. An active member of the Evangelical Free Church in Albert City and Clear Lake, she served as a Sunday School teacher as well as in various officer positions of the Dorcas Society and the Free Church women's ministries.

Alice worked as a cook at school as well as at various nursing homes in Albert City and Cherokee. Her family and indeed all who knew her, fondly, remember her cooking and hospitality. An avid reader devoted to studying her Bible daily, Alice loved praying for her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. For sure, she cherished the time they spent together.

Alice moved to Clear Lake in 1996 and to Mountain Lake, Minnesota, in 2001 where she resided until she was welcomed into the arms of Jesus on December 8, 2017.

Alice's life is honored and treasured by her family which includes two sons, Byron (Pamela) Anderson and Darwin (Darlis) Anderson, and two daughters who reside in Washington State, Carolyn (Dennis) Hesselgrave and Kathy (Steve) Tucker; twelve grandchildren; twenty-two great-grandchildren; and her sister, Ruth Jones, of Sioux Rapids; as well as by numerous extended family members.

A celebration of life will be held at the Albert City Evangelical Free Church on January 3 at 1:00 p.m. Memorials may be donated to International Messengers, 110 Orchard Court, Clear Lake, Iowa 50428.

The Alice I. Wilbur Family, 2017.