Trotter, Alice Marie 1927-2015

TROTTER, RUSSELL, MCWHIRTER, HOWARD, DWIRE, BRUNING

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Date: 7/13/2021 at 21:35:39

Alice Trotter
Aitkin 1927-2013

Alice Marie Trotter, 88, Aitkin, died Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, at the Golden Horizons Memory Care Unit.

Alice was born March 27, 1927, in Newton, Iowa, the daughter of Robert and Zelpha (Russell) McWhirter. She grew up and attended schools in Newton and she graduated from the Newton High School in 1945. She married Ronald G. Trotter on Feb. 2, 1946, in Iowa City, Iowa. They lived in Newton where she operated a day care and also had worked at the Maytag Dairy Farm. In 1963 they moved to the Aitkin area and purchased a resort on Round Lake near Garrison and operated Trotters Resort until the present. She had also worked for the S&L Clothing Store in Brainerd for many years and she also operated a day care in Brainerd for a number of years. She enjoyed embroidering and collecting owls.

She is survived by her son, Denny Trotter, Aitkin; daughter and son-in-law, Linda (Dale) Howard, Aitkin; grandchildren: Todd (DeLynn) Howard, Amy (Darrell) Dwire, Jeff (Char) Trotter, Chad (Stephanie) Trotter, Jamie (Emily) Trotter, Cory (Katie) Trotter, Sheri (Mike) Bruning; 15 great-grandchildren, four great-great-grandchildren; sister, Clarice Trotter, Newton, Iowa; and brother-in-law, Terry Trotter, Calfornia.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Ronald in 2004; two sisters and one brother.

Funeral services for Alice will be 11 a.m., Friday, Oct. 2, 2015, at the Sorensen-Root-Thompson Funeral Home with Rev. Larry Foote officiating. Visitation will be Thursday from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home and continue from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. service. Burial will be in the Bennettville Cemetery. Memorials are preferred to Heartland Hospice.

Arrangements are with the Sorensen-Root-Thompson Funeral Home in Aitkin. www.srtfuneral.com. ~ The Sorensen-Root-Thompson Funeral Home, Aitkin MN Sat 26 Sept 2015.