Obituary for Betty Larson Butcher's mother

Lucille Larson, 90

Lucille Louise Larson, 90, currently of West Chester, PA, formerly of Alexandria, died June 3, 2006.
She was born August 12, 1915 to Luther and Tillie (Adamson) Skog in Cannon Falls. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and educated in the Cannon Falls public schools. She was a 1937 graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College and a graduate of the Minneapolis School of Business.
She married J. Stanley Larson of Red Wing in 1940 and lived several years in Red Wing and White Bear Lake before moving to Alexandria in 1947. While their five children were growing up, she taught Sunday school and was a Girl Scout leader. She enjoyed taking a variety of courses offered by the Alexandria Community Education Department. Art and reading were her hobbies.
Lucille moved to Burnsville in 1999, to Sun City, Arizona in 2001, and to West Chester, Pennsylvania in 2005.
She was predeceased by her husband, Stanley, on December 17, 2003.
She is survived by her five children, Steven (Sandi) Larson of Burnsville, Susan (Warren) Wilson of Big Lake, Betty (Perry) Butcher of Fayetteville, Arkansas, Joan (Gary) Devansky of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, Barbara (Dr. Tom) Casey of Wickenburg, Arizona; 15 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and a brother, Earl, of Roseville, California.
A joint memorial service for Stan and Lucille will be held Saturday, July 8 at 10:30 a.m. at Calvary Lutheran Church, 600 Douglas Street, Alexandria. Burial will be at Kinkead Cemetery. A reception will be held at noon at Old Broadway Restaurant in Alexandria.
Family correspondence may be mailed to: 1319 Elm St., Alexandria MN 56308; telephone, (320) 763-4246.

Brownies 1956

Hey, Stan:
In cleaning my office tonight, I came across this photo that I apparently pulled out last summer, just before the reunion. I thought it might be fun to post it since it’s the “50th anniversary” of this particular gathering (ugh! That sounds SO long ago.) Thankfully, I seemed to have labeled everything as a child, and though some of the names may not be spelled correctly, I think that people will certainly know who they are.
For whatever reason, I didn’t write in the names of the leaders, but I think I know who four out of the five are, left to right, Mrs. Thompson (Patty’s mom); Mrs. Anderson (Jill’s mom); Mrs. Olson (I know this is Marilyn’s mom); Mrs. Peterson (Patty’s mom); and the last lady I don’t know. Maybe someone out there can verify.
Notice there wasn’t a pair of pants on anyone’s legs?
Bev Roers Korkowski

Oh brother I remember that dress!! It was a reversible red quilted dress that I HATED but my mother liked it so guess who won.

Sara Smith Sevey

The Sevey to Open 2006; Serie close to heaven

The Seveys will be traveling the world with some youngsters this summer, but their annual Alexandria golf tourney may go on without them. If you haven't been contacted yet but might want to play this August, contact the trailboss and he'll put you in touch with the usual suspects.

Speaking of the usual suspects, (see photo) the following note came from Dave Serie recently. Apparently he had a spiritual experience at the Alexandria Country Club. No one was there to witness it, however. The cub reporter was elsewhere and couldn't make it. Series writes:

To all-
The Alex Country Club course was in fantastic shape. I was up getting my boat Friday morning and stopped in to get an application for the Resorters. Not sure if I can get in yet but anyway Jeremy from the pro shop said the course is wide open and why not golf, so I did.

It was very relaxing, beautiful weather with no wind, played by myself, worked on a couple of things, shot 18 holes in 2:20 and shot 80, it was as close to Heaven as I'll maybe ever get!

Sorry for the late notice Tom, it would have been fun playing with you.

Dave 

Softball girls win amidst thunder and lightning

By Tom Obert
Cub Reporter
With thunder and lightning crashing all around us, the Alex girls softball team won the first game of a best of three championship in section 8AAA, beating Willmar 4 - 1. Before a standing room only crowd (we got box seats through Ticketmaster) at Lincoln South field, the game began on a beautiful June evening (in fact, the cub reporters had planned an evening lake cruise after the game) - sunshine and actually a bit on the too hot side.
Due to the importance of the game, all the parents we had seen all through the hockey season were there - as well as the hockey players who aren't on the softball team.
Shortly after the game began, dark clouds began forming in the West and late arrivers said radar reports indicated a storm was imminent. But the game continued apace as Tiffany Zacher, the Card hurler, and the Willmar pitcher threw goose eggs for the first 4 innings. The Cards broke through for a 1 - 0 lead in the fifth on a 2-out single - but it appeared that the game could be called at any minute as it was obviously raining just to the west with occasional lightning.

In the bottom of the 6th, Brittney Bruzek led off with a single - clean-up hitter Sam Dale then laid down a perfect bunt that turned into about a three-foot "home run."
The pitcher fielded the bunt but threw the ball into right field - as Brittney and Sam raced around the bases, the right fielder threw the ball into the Alex dugout so both runners scored.

The Cards scored one more run in that inning to take a 4 - 0 into the top of the 7th. Then the rain began, and the cub reporter-in-training, wimp that he is, took a powder. The rest of us hung there as the Cards, obviously excited at the prospect of of big win and rushing to get it over before a rain postponement, suddenly discovered that Willmar had bases loaded with nobody out.
Miss Zacher settled down and got the next three batters for the big win. As the Cards rushed into left field for the after game celebration (attached photo) and fans began heading for their cars, the skies opened and we soon found ourselves in a mad dash for cover - the game could not have lasted one more batter!
The Cards travel to Willmar tomorrow - if Willmar wins the first game, there will be a deciding game played immediately thereafter. If the Cards win one more game, they will be in the state tournament. 

This is what I get?

A few days ago the Trailboss asked for suggestions for children's books to read to grandchildren, thinking we might have a nice, sweet exchange on material suitable for our dear ones. Nothing was forthcoming until this, from Joe Drexler, with apologies to Dr. Seuss.