Alice B. Larsen

FERTILE - Alice Larsen, 93, of Fertile, died Tuesday, December 10, 2012 at the Lake Mills Care Center in Lake Mills.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, December 15, 2012 at Petersen Lund Funeral Home, 505 N. Clark, Forest City with Pastor David Halvorson of Fertile Lutheran Church, officiating.

Burial will be at North Prairie Cemetery in Scarville.

Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 PM, Friday, December 14, 2012 at Petersen Lund Funeral Home in Forest City.

Alice B. Solomonson Larsen, the daughter of Louis and Inga (Kloster) Solomonson, was born on August 15, 1919, on her parents' home farm near Scarville. She attended country school and graduated from Lake Mills High School. Alice attended Waldorf College.

On June 29, 1941 she was united in marriage with Carl Larsen at North Prairie Lutheran Church. In 1953 the couple moved to Fertile, where in 1958 they founded Larsen Plumbing and Heating. Alice worked for the business until her retirement in 1985.

Survivors include her daughter, Nancy (Dennis) Faber; grandsons, Timothy (Brooke) Faber of Charleston, SC, Thomas (Jennifer) Faber of Clear Lake, and Edward (Ted) Faber of Woodbridge, IL; three great-grandchildren, Braden, Logan and Kennidy Faber; and many nieces and nephews.

Alice was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Carl; five brothers, Andrew, Ole, Carl, and Leslie Solomonson and Ted Sydness; and three sisters, Nora Wagner, little Anna, and Ann Gunderson.

Memorials may be designated in Alice's name to Fertile Lutheran Church, Hospice of North Iowa or the Fertile Library.