Oliver W. Albee, 83, Amiret, died Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2001, at Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne
Services were Monday, Sept. 10, at Wesley United Methodist Church in Marshall. Burial was in Marshall Cemetery.
Oliver Wesley Albee was born to John Henry and Annabell (Killius) Albee on Aug. 8, 1918, in Sodus Township, Lyon County. He was baptized and confirmed in the Methodist faith. He attended country school. He entered the Army Air Corps on May 30, 1942. He was honorably discharged on Nov. 10, 1945.
He married Carrie Menuey Prescott on Feb. 17, 1948, in the Methodist church in Sioux Falls, S.D. They farmed in Sodus Township until he retired in 1985 but remained on the farm and spent many winters in Apache Junction, Ariz.
He enjoyed playing cards, old time music, dancing, fishing and just visiting with friends. He also enjoyed watering his son JohnÕs calves and playing with the dogs.
Survivors include his wife, Carrie Albee, Tracy; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Floyd and Betty (Paxton) Albee, Rochester, Jim and Monica (Lipinski) Albee, Marshall, and John Albee, Tracy; two daughters, Linda Shaw, Helena, Mont., and Susan Schmidt, Hudson, Wis.; foster children, Gene and Elsa Wilson, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and Ronnie Wilson, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 14 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; five foster grandchildren; and one sister, Mildred Wendorff, Tracy.
Mr. Albee was preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Lloyd, two sisters, Viola Wendorff and June McDaniel and an infant sister.
Hamilton-Birk Funeral Home, Marshall, was in charge of arrangements.