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Eleanor Albertsen
ELEANOR ALBERTSEN
Dysart
Eleanor Anna Albertsen, 78, of Dysart, passed away Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016, at Sunnycrest Nursing Center in Dysart under the care of UnityPoint Hospice. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, at Zion Lutheran Church in Dysart, with Pastor James R. Radatz officiating. Interment will follow at Keystone Cemetery, Keystone. Visitation will be Monday, Feb. 22, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the church.
Survivors include her husband of 60 years, Duane of Dysart; four children, Cindy (Mark) Tomlinson of Traer, Lori (Todd) Kruse of Tama, Andrea (Craig) Krafka of Dysart and Mark Albertsen of Dysart; seven grandchildren, Steffanie (Kevin) Bonnstetter, Dallas (Kaitie) Tomlinson, Ashley Kruse, Amy Krafka (Peter Eikamp), Nicole Krafka, Marcus and Lucas Albertsen; one great-granddaughter, Bristol Tomlinson; one sister, Marie Eighmey of Denver, Iowa; two aunts, Ella Potter of Keystone and Velma Childers of Cedar Rapids; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Preceding her in death were her parents; one son, Dennis, in infancy; and one brother, Johnnie Gimm.
Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home, Tama-Toledo, is handling the arrangements.
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