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Alvera Valentine

d. October 9, 2006

ALVERA V. VALENTINE Alvera Viola Valentine, 88, of Red Wing died Monday at home, the Loving Residence. She was born on September 6, 1918 in Sheldon, Iowa to William and Anna (Haase) Schmidt. She graduated from Sheldon High School and attended Sheldon College for two years and received a teaching degree. For a number of years she taught elementary school. On November 30, 1940 she married Nicholas Valentine in Sheldon, Iowa. They moved to California in 1941 then to Iowa in 1945. In 1956 they moved back to California where she taught elementary school and also was a retail clerk at Bulloch?s department store. Nicholas died in 1995. She moved to Red Wing in 1995 where she volunteered at Burnside and Sunnyside schools, receiving the Volunteer of the Year Award, and she volunteered at the Goodhue County Historical Society and Annadee?s Closet. When she lived in Iowa she taught Sunday School. She enjoyed crocheting, knitting, traveling, walking, reading and helping kids. She was a member of the Prime Time Club. Survivors include one daughter, Connie (Wayne) Madison of Lakeville; two granddaughters, Melody and Carly Madison of Lakeville and one sister, Wilma Marks of Sheldon, Iowa. She was preceded in death by her husband; two sons, Raymond and Richard Valentine; two sisters, Gertrude Hulst and Elsie Scholten and two brothers, Walter and William Schmidt. Memorial service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at the Mahn Family Funeral Home, Bodelson-Mahn Chapel with Rev. Eugene Hasselquist officiating. Burial will be in Ingelwood Park Cemetery in Ingelwood, California. Honorary pallbearers will be Melody and Carly Madison. Visitation will be for one hour prior to the service. Memorials are preferred to the American Cancer Society or Alzheimer?s Research.
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