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Alvina Selora “Vi” <I>Alness</I> Cole

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Alvina Selora “Vi” Alness Cole

Birth
Death
21 Mar 1991 (aged 62)
Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Burial
Hanley Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
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Alvina S. Cole was born August 10, 1928, to Magnus and Inga (Foss) Alness. She was baptized and confirmed at the Spring Creek Lutheran Church, and attended rural school near Clarkfield, Minnesota.

On November 5, 1949, she married Virgil Cole of Hanley Falls, Minnesota, at Spring Creek Lutheran Church. To this union two children were born, Dean and Gary.

She farmed with her husband, south of Hanley Falls, all her married life. She enjoyed faithful work at her church with Ladies Aid and other church activities. Her special interests were homemaking and baking for her family. Family times were her special love.

She and her husband spent the winter months, for the past ten years, in Mesa, Arizona where she passed away at the age of 62 years on Thursday, March 21, 1991 at the Mesa Lutheran Hospital following a brave struggle with cancer.

Surviving Vi are her husband, Virgil; two sons, Dr. Dean Cole and wife, Monica and daughter, Kenan, and Dr. Gary Cole and wife, Eva and daughter, Alicia; one sister, Jerry (Mrs. Bill) Schrupp; three brothers, Ornie, Inghart and Marlow.

She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Merlin.
Alvina S. Cole was born August 10, 1928, to Magnus and Inga (Foss) Alness. She was baptized and confirmed at the Spring Creek Lutheran Church, and attended rural school near Clarkfield, Minnesota.

On November 5, 1949, she married Virgil Cole of Hanley Falls, Minnesota, at Spring Creek Lutheran Church. To this union two children were born, Dean and Gary.

She farmed with her husband, south of Hanley Falls, all her married life. She enjoyed faithful work at her church with Ladies Aid and other church activities. Her special interests were homemaking and baking for her family. Family times were her special love.

She and her husband spent the winter months, for the past ten years, in Mesa, Arizona where she passed away at the age of 62 years on Thursday, March 21, 1991 at the Mesa Lutheran Hospital following a brave struggle with cancer.

Surviving Vi are her husband, Virgil; two sons, Dr. Dean Cole and wife, Monica and daughter, Kenan, and Dr. Gary Cole and wife, Eva and daughter, Alicia; one sister, Jerry (Mrs. Bill) Schrupp; three brothers, Ornie, Inghart and Marlow.

She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Merlin.


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  • Created by: Gayle
  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88869657/alvina_selora-cole: accessed ), memorial page for Alvina Selora “Vi” Alness Cole (10 Aug 1928–21 Mar 1991), Find a Grave Memorial ID 88869657, citing East Yellow Medicine Lutheran Cemetery, Hanley Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by Gayle (contributor 47747536).