Alice Lillian (Sterry) Loomis (1920 - 2005)

Born 20 Aug 1920 in Albion, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, USA

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Died 4 Feb 2005 at age 84 in Oconto, Oconto, Wisconsin, USA

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Biography

Alice was born August 20th, 1920 in Albion, Wisconsin to Edward Sterry & Annette Everson. She attended Plainview elementary school in the Eleva-Strum area and graduated from Eleva High School in 1939.^[1] Alice graduated from Eau Claire State Teachers College with a two-year rural diploma and taught in the same school (Plainview) she attended as a child. She married Floyd Dalla Loomis who preceded her in death in 1956. They resided in Eau Claire where they raised three sons, Jerome, Michael, and Steven. Over the years, Alice developed a love of gardening, golf, and teaching her elementary school students. She also enjoyed her bridge club, church activities a Trinity Lutheran Church, and later in life, extensive travel. Alice was active in professional and social organizations and continued her education at UW-Eau Claire where she earned a bachelor's degree and later a master's degree in education. She retired from the Eau Claire School System after more than 25 years experience as an elementary school teacher. She was a volunteer at the Chippewa Valley Museum where she gave tours of mode rural elementary school.

Alice passed away peacefully at her son's home in Oconto, Wisconsin, on February 4th, 2005.^[2]

Alice is survived by her children Jerome (Joan) of St. Germain, Wisconsin, Michael (MaryLynn) of Oconto, Wisconsin, and Steven Loomis of Las Vegas; two grandchildren, Jeffrey (Mindy McKinnon) of Shoreline, Washington, and Jennifer Loomis of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; one brother Albin (Marjorie) Sterry of Eleva; sisters Florence Olson of Stillwater, Minnesota, Doris Sterry of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Gladys Tyacke of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; two step-brothers, Howard and Jessie Lardahl; a brother, Palmer Sterry; sisters, Edna Solfest and Irma Geiger.^[3]

Alice is buried at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Eau Claire, Wisconsin^[4]

Sources

1. ↑
   • "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X939-27J : accessed 8 August 2018), Alice Sterry in household of Edward Sterry, Albion, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 8A, line 43, family 172, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2614; FHL microfilm 2,342,348.
   • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K7VR-13S : accessed 8 August 2018), Alice L Sterry in household of Edward Sterry, Albion Town, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 61-1, sheet 1A, line 9, family 3, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4529.
2. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBV7-GPN : 19 May 2014), Alice L Loomis, 04 Feb 2005; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
3. ↑ Obituary- [1]
4. ↑ Alice Lillian Sterry Loomis (1920-2005) on Find A Grave: Memorial #95772045 retrieved 07 August 2018