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Lawson, Alberta M.
Alberta M. Lawson, 87, of Olin, died Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, at the Clarence Nursing Home, Clarence, Iowa. A celebration of her life will be held Friday, Feb. 26, at 10:30 a.m. at the Olin Community United Methodist Church, with Pastor Pat Slater officiating. Burial will be in the Olin Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 7 tonight at Lahey Funeral Home, Olin.
Alberta M. Busching was born Dec. 2, 1922, in Stanwood, Iowa, to Henry C. and Florentine (Niermeyer) Busching. She graduated from Stanwood High School in 1940 and attended Tipton Junior College and Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls. She married Arno R. Lawson on Dec. 30, 1942, in Bloomington, Ind. They made their home in Olin for the past 64 years. He died Dec. 26, 2003.
She taught school in Bennett, Iowa, worked as a bookkeeper in Norfolk, Va., during World War II, and assisted her husband as a bookkeeper at Lawson Insurance Agency. In earlier years, she was a payroll clerk at Olin Consolidated Schools.
She was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Women of St. Paul's, American Legion Auxiliary, and a long time Federated Club member in Olin.
She is survived by two nephews, Jim (Glenda) Lawson of Olin and Steven (Janette) Baker of Bemidji, Minn.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; sister, Alice Lawson; brother-in-law, Fred Lawson; and sister-in-law, Elizabeth Harr.
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