Alice Elliott

Alice Elliott, 93, of Stevensville, MT, died Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009, at her home. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 23, 2009, at the Evergreen Cemetery in Loup City. The Rev. Rita Coakley will officiate. Peters Funeral Home of Loup City is in charge of local arrangements. Mrs. Elliott was born on Feb. 5, 1915, on the family farm near Loup City, the daughter of John and Bertha (Dicke) Haesler. She was preceded in death by her husband, Allen A. Elliott in 1979. She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Allen Dean and Chris Elliott of LaConner, Wash.; one daughter and son-in-law, Sue and John Pearson of Stevensville, MT; one sister, Betty Wrehe of Loup City; one sister-in-law, Leona Haesler of Loup City. She is also survived by four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Alice graduated from Loup City High School wit Normal Training to become a teacher. She taught for eight years in one-room schools in Sherman and Valley Counties. During that time she met Allen A. Elliott. They were married on Dec. 25, 1938. She later graduated from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln with a degree in Education and taught at Waverly where she developed the school library/media center and was the school librarian for many years. She enjoyed gardening, particularly flowers, sewing, hand work, weaving, traveling, playing games with grandchildren and caring for and helping her family. In addition to her husband, Allen, she was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Elmer and John Haesler; and four sisters, Anna Cramer, Helen Haesler, Hazel Goodwin and Leona Sides. Memorials are suggested to the Loup City United Methodist Church.