Albee, Harold LeRoy – 1918–2011

ALBEE, DODD, HARRIS, LUSTI

Posted By: JCGS Volunteer
Date: 6/20/2011 at 18:29:44

Harold LeRoy Albee, 93, of Minneapolis, Minn., formerly of Newton and Park Rapids, Minn., died Wednesday, June 8, 2011, at the Vets Home in Minneapolis, Minn.
A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Monday, June 13, at Jones-Pearson Funeral Home in Park Rapids, Minn., and 11 a.m. Thursday, June 16, at the Vets Home in Minneapolis, Minn. Interment will be at the Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minn.
Online condolences may be left at www.jonespearson.com.
Source: Newton Daily News; Friday, June 10, 2011

Additional information from Jones–Pearson Funeral Home website:
Harold was born April 13, 1918 in Newton, Iowa, to Allen and Julia (Dodd) Albee. During high school, Harold was a stand-out athlete in football, basketball and track. He went on to attend Drake University in Des Moines where he studied business and accounting. While at Drake he served as captain of the men’s track team and set a world record in the Men’s 400 meter relay. In 1942, Harold enlisted in the U.S. Army where he served his country as a 1st Lt. in the Army Intelligence Corps. He later went to Officer Candidate School and became an Infantry Company Commander (captain). He was awarded a bronze star and purple heart for his heroism in battle. His family loved hearing his amazing stories about his time in Europe during WWII. As an accountant and comptroller, Harold worked at Maytag Corp. in Newton, Munsingwear Co. in Minneapolis, TWA Airlines in Kansas City, American Airlines in New York City and back to Minneapolis where he retired from Farmhand Co. in 1982. In 1968, he purchased a resort on Little Sand Lake near Park Rapids, which he and his family operated until 1992. Harold was an avid fisherman who loved to match wits with the wily catfish, walleye, bass, muskie and northern pike. He also loved his Minnesota Twins and enjoyed hunting.
He will be lovingly remembered by his five children: Julie (Dale) Lusti of Buffalo, Minn., Katy Harris, Ellen Albee and Buzz Albee of Park Rapids, and David (Angela) Albee of St. Paul; six grandchildren: Rich Lusti of Champlin, Liz Lusti of Inver Grove Heights, Chris (Layla) Albee, Pat Albee and Jim Harris of Park Rapids, and Dr. Nathan (Jolene) Harris of Hopkins; five great grandchildren and brother, Robert Albee, Ocala, Fla.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Lucille W. Albee, brother, William, sister, Mary and nephew, Doug.