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Thursday, March 2, 2023
Alberta M. Warren
Age: 94
City: Tipton
Funeral Home
Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services
Thursday, March 2, 2023
Alberta M. Warren
Alberta M. Warren
Tipton
Alberta M. Warren, 94, passed away Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, Cedar Manor, Tipton. No services will be held at the present time. Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services of Mount Vernon is caring for Alberta’s family.
Alberta is survived by two daughters, Maxine (Don) Shriver of Platteville, Colo., and Eunice Holets and Tom Hyde, of Ocala, Fla.; two daughters-in-law, Sandra of Mechanicsville and Phyllis of Humboldt; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; three sisters, Jean Beer of Cedar Rapids, Janice Wright of West Branch and Marilyn (Herb) Bain of Tipton; special sister-in-law, Nancy Helmold of Tipton; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Alberta M, the daughter of Wilbert and Ella Kleppe Helmold, was born May 22, 1928, in Cedar County. She grew up in Cedar County, where she attended Country Schools. Alberta was united in marriage to Carl Warren on Sept. 13, 1950, in Atkins. The couple made their home in Cedar County, and operated the “Town & Country” restaurant in Mechanicsville for almost 16 years. After the restaurant, Alberta was the food manager at the Mechanicsville Nursing Home. She retired from there in 1992. Alberta will be remembered for her home cooked meals and pies.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Carl, in 1982; three sons, Carl Jr., Ron and baby, Arlan; and a brother, Maynard.
Memorials may be directed to the Cedar Manor in Tipton and/or St. Croix Hospice.
Please share your support and memories with Alberta’s family on her Tribute Wall at www.stewartbaxter.com under obituaries.