Alida Monson

Alida Augusta Macklanburg Hanebuth Monson, age 98, formerly of Deer Creek, passed away on November 3, 2010, at the Elder’s Home in New York Mills. Alida was born April 23, 1912 in Echo, MN to Wilhelm and Minnie Macklanburg. She was baptized in Echo and moved with her family to the Deer Creek area when she was a child. She was confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Deer Creek. Shortly thereafter, her father died at the age of fifty. Alida rode her horse to school in Compton Township and then stayed home to help with the farm work, which is how she met and married Bill Hanebuth in 1931. They lived on different farms. Eventually, they purchased the Ohromdt farm in 1946. Things improved as they finally had modern conveniences, including a telephone. She worked at Wesley Hospital and later cleaned for ladies who became her lifelong friends. She and Bill later “moved to town” and enjoyed a new chapter of life in the little yellow house they built. In his older years, Bill suffered from Alzheimer’s. Alida volunteered at the school, did hospice care, continued riding horse “Poco”, biking, baking bread, sewing, singing, and playing organ. She was always there for her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Bill passed on in 1989, and she married long-time friend Tom Monson in 1993. They enjoyed many fine years together and moved to Henning Care Center together. Later, after Tom’s death, Alida moved to the Elder Care unit in New York Mills. Alida was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands Bill and Tom; brother Herbert Macklanburg; sisters Elvira Helmrichs, Leona Newell, and Beatrice Busker; son-in-law Leo Perisian; and other beloved family and friends. She is survived by two daughters Margaret (Gerald) Ziese of Deer Creek and Carol (the late Leo) Perisian of Sarasota-Bradenton, FL; six grandchildren, fourteen great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held on November 7, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. in the Trinity Lutheran Church in Deer Creek, with Pastor Paul Yearyean officiating. Pallbearers were Daryl Ziese, Jerry Ziese, Gary Ziese, Mary Ziese, Cherie Perisian, and Jon Perisian. Interment was in the Oak Hill Cemetery in rural Deer Creek.

Alida Monson

April 23, 1912 - November 3, 2010