Age 96, of Anoka
Passed away July 8, 2020
Preceded in death by her parents, Peter and Thilda Erickson; husband, Lennart; siblings, Herbert, Lawrence, Doris, John, Marianne, Eleanor, Norman and Lorraine.
Survived by her children, Gregory (Diane) Noren, Gene (Wendy) Noren, Shari (Bill) Nemec; grandchildren, Brandon, Phillip, Ambria, Shanda, Jenna, Chrysten, Ryan, Jade, Kayla; 13 great-grandchildren.
Our Mom Alyce had a zest for life and positive outlook of never looking back. She truly was ahead of her time with her liberal views of the world, choices, and overall humanity. She always had a forward thinking approach to everything she did.
Her working career years were as diverse as she was. After graduating in 1942 from Milaca High School, she moved to Portland, Oregon during WWII and was a welder in the shipyards. Upon her return to Minnesota, she was a professional seamstress, beautician, and housecleaner for others. She was employed for many years at the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant in Arden Hills. Her last working years were spent as a cook in the Anoka-Hennepin School District #11. She designed and created a school lunch program logo that the cooks in the district wore on their uniforms.
She was passionate about volunteering in the churches she attended during her life and all of the fundraising activities she did with her group of sorority sisters for many years.
She had the gift of being an excellent listener and could talk with, and relate to, anyone young or old. And boy, did she love to laugh! If anyone needed help, she was right there to support whoever was in need in any way possible with no questions asked and never expecting anything in return.
Having many passions, she loved creating artwork, paintings, ceramics, quilting, cooking, and baking. We will all savor the memories of some of her fabulous meals like Swedish meatballs, homemade lefse, breads, cookies, bars and so many more delicious recipes.
She embraced and loved her grandchildren unconditionally, and in her magical ways, taught them many life lessons and skills. She was always willing to babysit them, and in later years, they would get to spend weeks in the summers on Lake Osakis with grandma and grandpa making memories to last a lifetime.
Talk about a person who was proud of her Swedish and Norwegian heritage and could tell the best Ole and Lena jokes with the accents. She actually could speak Swedish and would say things in Swedish to us kids just to mess with our heads, haha! The fact that she grew up on a farm with 8 siblings during the Great Depression made her a strong and determined woman who could work as hard as any man. Her claim to fame as to why she lived so long was because she grew up on a farm, worked hard, and ate organic food...probably true.
Anyone that knew Alyce, would say she was the life of the party, the social butterfly, always up for having fun, and was the best story and joke teller bar none. For some of our old neighbors in Andover, you could tell a few stories of her dressing up every Halloween knocking on your door and holding out a shot glass saying “Trick or Treat, gimme a drink”!
She navigated the hurdles in her life like a champion and never asked for a thing. There wasn’t anything she was afraid to try...fail or succeed, she was always game.
We never saw her depressed. She never sat still and lived each day to the fullest. She was always grateful for every person in her life. She was one in a million, a rare gem.
We love you mom and you will be forever in our hearts and in the hearts of others that had the pleasure of knowing you. ~ Greg, Gene, Shari, and all of your grandchildren and great grandchildren.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held at a later date and will be announced.
Private interment Morningside Memorial Gardens
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