Post by wildrose64 on Apr 5, 2009 11:26:33 GMT -5
Alice Pauline Burmeister, nee Anderson, 83, of Belleville, Illinois, born November 19, 1925, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 3, 2009, at Four Fountains Convalescent Center.
Alice was born and raised in Dixon, Missouri area, where she met her future husband, Chrystal Burmeister, at age 15, while he was stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO and attended the church meetings in her parents’ home. They were married 5 years later when Chrystal returned from serving in World War II. They lived in northern Illinois for a few years until moving to a farm near Ames, IL where they lived until retiring to Walsh, IL in 1987. They moved to Belleville in December 2007 where she and Chrystal recently celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary.
Alice loved to read her Bible and to sing and play hymns on the piano. She taught her children and grandchildren, by example, to love and honor God first in their lives. She taught her daughters to cook while she performed chores on the farm. Her daughters had a path worn out to the chicken house from going out to ask her how and what to do next; as they prepared supper and she washed hundreds of fresh-laid eggs. She drove many a load of wheat down to the mill in Prairie du Rocher from their farm on Ames Road west of Ruma. She loved to garden, to cook, to sew clothes for her children and grandchildren and their dolls and to make quilts and to do upholstery. She made and delivered homemade pies to the A&W restaurant in Red Bud. She and Chrystal loved people and were very hospitable, making everyone always welcome in their home.
Alice was preceded in death by her parents Dora and Archie Anderson, her step-mother Molly Anderson, her brothers Emil and Harold Anderson and her sister Virginia Hooper, two nieces, Kathy Hooper and Karla Uher, and a sister-in-law, Pauline Anderson.
She is survived by her husband, Chrystal, and her three daughters Elizabeth Ann Belter of Belleville, Marilyn Benjamin and her husband Robert of Fort Benton, Montana, and Donna Bracy of Portland, Oregon, ten grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. She is also survived by her sisters-in-law, Sybil Anderson, of Midway, Utah, Fay (Dan)Himes of Phoenix, Wilma Grover of Chehalis, WA, and dear cousins, nieces and nephews and many friends.
Her family would like to extend their love and gratitude to her kind caregivers at Four Fountains and to Family Hospice who helped with her care and comfort in her final days.
Memorials may be made to Four Fountains Convalescent Center, 101 South Belt West Belleville, IL 62220 or to Family Hospice, 5110 W est Main, Belleville, IL 62226, or to the Alzheimer’s Association.
Visitation: Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. on Monday, April 6, 2009 at Welge-Pechacek Funeral Home in Chester, IL and from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 7, 2009.
Funeral: A service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, 2009, at Welge-Pechacek Funeral Home in Chester, IL with ministers Jeffrey Vogelzang, Leslie White, and Jane Estes officiating. Burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery in Chester, IL. A potluck lunch will follow at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Chester.
Alice was born and raised in Dixon, Missouri area, where she met her future husband, Chrystal Burmeister, at age 15, while he was stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO and attended the church meetings in her parents’ home. They were married 5 years later when Chrystal returned from serving in World War II. They lived in northern Illinois for a few years until moving to a farm near Ames, IL where they lived until retiring to Walsh, IL in 1987. They moved to Belleville in December 2007 where she and Chrystal recently celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary.
Alice loved to read her Bible and to sing and play hymns on the piano. She taught her children and grandchildren, by example, to love and honor God first in their lives. She taught her daughters to cook while she performed chores on the farm. Her daughters had a path worn out to the chicken house from going out to ask her how and what to do next; as they prepared supper and she washed hundreds of fresh-laid eggs. She drove many a load of wheat down to the mill in Prairie du Rocher from their farm on Ames Road west of Ruma. She loved to garden, to cook, to sew clothes for her children and grandchildren and their dolls and to make quilts and to do upholstery. She made and delivered homemade pies to the A&W restaurant in Red Bud. She and Chrystal loved people and were very hospitable, making everyone always welcome in their home.
Alice was preceded in death by her parents Dora and Archie Anderson, her step-mother Molly Anderson, her brothers Emil and Harold Anderson and her sister Virginia Hooper, two nieces, Kathy Hooper and Karla Uher, and a sister-in-law, Pauline Anderson.
She is survived by her husband, Chrystal, and her three daughters Elizabeth Ann Belter of Belleville, Marilyn Benjamin and her husband Robert of Fort Benton, Montana, and Donna Bracy of Portland, Oregon, ten grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. She is also survived by her sisters-in-law, Sybil Anderson, of Midway, Utah, Fay (Dan)Himes of Phoenix, Wilma Grover of Chehalis, WA, and dear cousins, nieces and nephews and many friends.
Her family would like to extend their love and gratitude to her kind caregivers at Four Fountains and to Family Hospice who helped with her care and comfort in her final days.
Memorials may be made to Four Fountains Convalescent Center, 101 South Belt West Belleville, IL 62220 or to Family Hospice, 5110 W est Main, Belleville, IL 62226, or to the Alzheimer’s Association.
Visitation: Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. on Monday, April 6, 2009 at Welge-Pechacek Funeral Home in Chester, IL and from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 7, 2009.
Funeral: A service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, 2009, at Welge-Pechacek Funeral Home in Chester, IL with ministers Jeffrey Vogelzang, Leslie White, and Jane Estes officiating. Burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery in Chester, IL. A potluck lunch will follow at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Chester.