Alice Althea Wilhelmina Matson was the second of seven children born to August M. Matson (1868-1950) and his wife Augusta Olivia Brand (1870-1938). Her parents had both come from Sweden as teenagers in the 1880s, and settled in a Swedish community in Henry County, Illionis where they married in 1895. Her paternal grandmother, Mrs. Matilda (Nelson) Matson (1828-1908) had come to America, too. Her maternal grandparents, Johan August Brand (1842-1926) and his wife Johanna Vilhelmina Lund (1846-1925), remained in Sweden.
Alice was born in Galva, Henry County, Illinois. Her siblings were: Oliver August Matson (1897-1985), Grace Matilda Matson (1903-1978), Victor David Maton (1905-1989), Everett Oscar Matson (1908-1990), Hilda Irene Matson (1912-1983) and Ruby Louise Matson (1914-2005). In 1913, the Matsons bought a large farm near Kiester, Faribault County, Minnesota and moved there.
Alice attended Winona College, and became a teacher. She married Herbert H. G. Pankow (1898-1970) at her parents home on 22 August 1928. He was a son of Heinrich F. J. Pankow & his wife Albertine H. F. Peters, who had brought their family from Germany to Minnesota in 1906.
Alice and Herbert had four children: Lois Ruth Pankow (1932-1993, Mrs. Donald Lein), Leonard August Frederick Pankow, Kenneth Oscar Pankow and Dr. David Herbert Pankow, the latter three are still living. She had nine grandchildren.
Alice was a school teacher for several years, and assisted her husband in various business ventures. She later worked with disabled children at the State School. She was a member of the EUB Church which later became the United Methodist Church.
She was a woman of great energy and enthusiasm, of determination, of gentle kindness, and a deep and abiding Christian faith.
Alice was born in Galva, Henry County, Illinois. Her siblings were: Oliver August Matson (1897-1985), Grace Matilda Matson (1903-1978), Victor David Maton (1905-1989), Everett Oscar Matson (1908-1990), Hilda Irene Matson (1912-1983) and Ruby Louise Matson (1914-2005). In 1913, the Matsons bought a large farm near Kiester, Faribault County, Minnesota and moved there.
Alice attended Winona College, and became a teacher. She married Herbert H. G. Pankow (1898-1970) at her parents home on 22 August 1928. He was a son of Heinrich F. J. Pankow & his wife Albertine H. F. Peters, who had brought their family from Germany to Minnesota in 1906.
Alice and Herbert had four children: Lois Ruth Pankow (1932-1993, Mrs. Donald Lein), Leonard August Frederick Pankow, Kenneth Oscar Pankow and Dr. David Herbert Pankow, the latter three are still living. She had nine grandchildren.
Alice was a school teacher for several years, and assisted her husband in various business ventures. She later worked with disabled children at the State School. She was a member of the EUB Church which later became the United Methodist Church.
She was a woman of great energy and enthusiasm, of determination, of gentle kindness, and a deep and abiding Christian faith.
Alice Althea Wilhelmina Matson was the second of seven children born to August M. Matson (1868-1950) and his wife Augusta Olivia Brand (1870-1938). Her parents had both come from Sweden as teenagers in the 1880s, and settled in a Swedish community in Henry County, Illionis where they married in 1895. Her paternal grandmother, Mrs. Matilda (Nelson) Matson (1828-1908) had come to America, too. Her maternal grandparents, Johan August Brand (1842-1926) and his wife Johanna Vilhelmina Lund (1846-1925), remained in Sweden.
Alice was born in Galva, Henry County, Illinois. Her siblings were: Oliver August Matson (1897-1985), Grace Matilda Matson (1903-1978), Victor David Maton (1905-1989), Everett Oscar Matson (1908-1990), Hilda Irene Matson (1912-1983) and Ruby Louise Matson (1914-2005). In 1913, the Matsons bought a large farm near Kiester, Faribault County, Minnesota and moved there.
Alice attended Winona College, and became a teacher. She married Herbert H. G. Pankow (1898-1970) at her parents home on 22 August 1928. He was a son of Heinrich F. J. Pankow & his wife Albertine H. F. Peters, who had brought their family from Germany to Minnesota in 1906.
Alice and Herbert had four children: Lois Ruth Pankow (1932-1993, Mrs. Donald Lein), Leonard August Frederick Pankow, Kenneth Oscar Pankow and Dr. David Herbert Pankow, the latter three are still living. She had nine grandchildren.
Alice was a school teacher for several years, and assisted her husband in various business ventures. She later worked with disabled children at the State School. She was a member of the EUB Church which later became the United Methodist Church.
She was a woman of great energy and enthusiasm, of determination, of gentle kindness, and a deep and abiding Christian faith.
Alice was born in Galva, Henry County, Illinois. Her siblings were: Oliver August Matson (1897-1985), Grace Matilda Matson (1903-1978), Victor David Maton (1905-1989), Everett Oscar Matson (1908-1990), Hilda Irene Matson (1912-1983) and Ruby Louise Matson (1914-2005). In 1913, the Matsons bought a large farm near Kiester, Faribault County, Minnesota and moved there.
Alice attended Winona College, and became a teacher. She married Herbert H. G. Pankow (1898-1970) at her parents home on 22 August 1928. He was a son of Heinrich F. J. Pankow & his wife Albertine H. F. Peters, who had brought their family from Germany to Minnesota in 1906.
Alice and Herbert had four children: Lois Ruth Pankow (1932-1993, Mrs. Donald Lein), Leonard August Frederick Pankow, Kenneth Oscar Pankow and Dr. David Herbert Pankow, the latter three are still living. She had nine grandchildren.
Alice was a school teacher for several years, and assisted her husband in various business ventures. She later worked with disabled children at the State School. She was a member of the EUB Church which later became the United Methodist Church.
She was a woman of great energy and enthusiasm, of determination, of gentle kindness, and a deep and abiding Christian faith.
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