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| Alberta M. Lawson |
| December 02, 1922 - February 22, 2010 |
Olin, Iowa
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| Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, February 25, 2010 at Lahey Funeral Home, Olin, Iowa |
| Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m. Friday, February 26, 2010 at Olin Community United Methodist Church, Olin, Iowa |
Interment: Friday, February 26, 2010 at Olin Cemetery, Olin, Iowa
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Alberta M. Busching was born December 2, 1922 in Stanwood, Iowa,
to Henry C. and Florentine (Niermeyer) Busching. She graduated from
Stanwood High School in 1940 and attended Tipton Jr. College and
Iowa Teachers College in Cedar Falls. She married Arno R. Lawson
on December 30, 1942, in Bloomington, Indiana. They made their home
in Olin for the past 64 years. He died on December 26, 2003.
She taught school in Bennett, Iowa, worked as a bookkeeper in Norfolk, Virginia, during WWII, and assisted her husband as a bookkeeper at Lawson Insurance Agency. In earlier years, was a payroll clerk at Olin Consolidated Schools.
She was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Women of St. Paul's, American Legion Auxiliary, and a long time Federated Club Member in Olin.
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Alberta is survived by two nephews, Jim (Glenda) Lawson of Olin, and
Steven (Janette) Baker of Bemidji, Minnesota.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, sister, Alice Lawson,
brother-in-law, Fred Lawson, and sister-in-law, Elizabeth Harr.
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Alberta M. Lawson, 87, of Olin, Iowa, died Monday, February 22, 2010,
at the Clarence Nursing Home, Clarence, Iowa.
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