Alice M. Schamber

MASON CITY: Alice M. Schamber, 64, of 19854 325th Street, died Sunday, October 19, 2008 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services will be held 10:00 AM Friday at Messiah Lutheran Church, Hwy 122 East with Rev. Bruce Kaltwasser officiating. Interment will be in Grant Township Cemetery, rural Hampton. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 PM Thursday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue and continue at the church one hour before the service. Memorials may be directed to the Alice M. Schamber Memorial Fund. Alice was born September 27, 1944 in Iowa Falls, Iowa the daughter of Reuben and Hilda (Lehmann) England. She graduated from Iowa Falls High School, Ellsworth Community College, Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls and received her Masters Degree in Greeley, Colorado. Alice taught school in Oelwein and later overseas in Japan where she met her husband, Lloyd. They were married June 23, 1974 in Iowa Falls. Alice has taught in the Business Department at North Iowa Area Community College for the past 36 years. She loved teaching. Alice was a member of Messiah Lutheran Church.

Alice is survived by her husband, Lloyd Schamber of Mason City; daughters, Ruth Christensen of Grafton and Sarah (Mark) Kroemer of Mason City; sister, Lois (Larry) Neely of Iowa Falls; many nieces and nephews.

Alice was preceded in death by her parents.

Visitation:
From 4:00 to 7:00 PM Thursday at Major Erickson Funeral Home

Service:
10:00 AM Friday at Messiah Lutheran Church