Edith H. Albers

Edith Helen Albers, 81, of 804 S. Garfield, died of cancer Saturday, September 23, 2006 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Wednesday at the First Baptist Church, 125 East State Street with Rev. Ron Stein officiating. Interment will be in Mt. Vernon Township Cemetery, Burchinal. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 PM Tuesday at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue and continue at the church on Wednesday one hour before the service. Memorials may be given to the Edith Albers Memorial Fund. Edith was born April 25, 1925 near Burchinal, Iowa to Andrew and Marie (Bickford) Wernet. She married John Albers October 17, 1940 at the Lutheran Parsonage in Thornton, Iowa. To this union was born a daughter, Karon Kay and a son, Lynn John. John and Edith farmed south of Swaledale until 1974 when they retired from farming and move to Mason City. During many of her years in Mason City ?Grandma Eddie? provided a day-care service in her home, helping raise and influence the lives of many children. Edith was a woman of strong faith. She was a Sunday school teacher while a member of the First Baptist Church of Swaledale. Upon her move to Mason City, she became a member of the First Baptist Church of Mason City. Family was also important to Edith. She was always close to her sisters, and often enjoyed going to BINGO with her sister Marcella. Always active, Edith enjoyed playing cards, baking, needlepoint, working in her yard and caring for her roses. Her daughter?s family will never forget that she was always there for them, and will fondly remember her famous homemade angelfood cakes for birthdays and cookie plates at Christmas. Friends and neighbors will remember that she was quick with a cup of coffee and a snack whenever they would stop over for a visit. Edith is survived by a daughter, Karon Harmon and husband Howard of Swaledale; grandson, Brian L. Harmon and wife Jeri and their children, Tyler Spurgeon, Erin Spurgeon and Camille Harmon of Des Moines; granddaughter, Roxanne Shadley and husband William and their children, Jonathan Conroy and Spencer Shadley of Rockwell; brother, Russell Wernet of Garner; sisters, Bonnie Jensen and husband Harry Lee of Las Vegas, Nevada, Iona Nuehring and husband Harlan of Mason City, Iola Maertens and husband William of Toledo, Iowa and Marcella Gruben of Mason City; many loving nieces, nephews as well as a host of caring friends. Edith was preceded in death by her beloved husband, John in May of 1997; son, Lynn John in infancy; three sisters, Greta Ottchen, Pauline Peterson and Virginia Harbeson; 2 brothers Carroll and Leonard Wernet.

Visitation:
5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue on September 26, 2006 (map/driving directions) 4:00 PM to 4:00 PM at 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue on September 23, 2006 (map/driving directions)

Service:
10:00 AM at 125 East State Street on September 27, 2006 (map/driving directions)