Alice Refsell Amdahl, 1905-1995

AMDAHL, REFSELL

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Date: 7/28/2006 at 07:24:24

AMDAHL, Alice Refsell

Services for Alice Amdahl, 89, of Estherville will be held Monday at the Wallingford Lutheran Church with Pastor Jack Torgersen officiating. Internment will be in the church cemetery. She died Thursday, March 23, 1995 at the Good Samaritan Center in Estherville.

Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. Sunday at the Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Home in Estherville.

She was born Dec.16, 1905 at Wallingford, the daughter of Ingval and Bertha (Nestegard) Refsell. She attended country school and graduated from Estherville High School in 1923. Before her marriage Sept. 3, 1928 to Jacob Amdahl at Estherville, she taught in a country school and also worked at the Wallingford Post Office. The couple lived in Estherville from 1928-36 then farmed northeast of Wallingford until 1972 when they moved into Wallingford. She moved to Estherville in 1982 ad lived in the Gardston apartments until moving to the Good Samaritan Center in 1994. She was a member of the Wallingford Lutheran Church. Survivors include several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, one brother, two sisters and her parents.

Contributed by: Ruth Hackett. Source: Estherville Daily News, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa, March 25, 1995.