Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
A funeral service for Alice M. Pippert was held Monday, April 25, 2022, at Trinity United Church of Christ in Hartley. Pastor Larry Laskie officiated.
Pallbearers were Lance Irvine, Chad Irvine, Wyatt Albert, Steve Coulter, Mike Rosenberg and Marty Rahbusch. Interment was at Pleasant View Cemetery in Hartley. Hartley Funeral Home assisted with the arrangements.
Alice Mae (Frerk) Pippert was born at home on Oct. 24, 1932, on the Frerk farm near Sutherland. She was the daughter of William and Welma (Dau) Frerk. Welma passed away Nov. 4, 1932 when Alice was 10 days old. Her grandparents, August and Lena Frerk, raised her until 1936 when her father, Bill, married Welma’s sister, Alvie Dau.
When Alice started school at Primghar she could only speak German as this is what her grandparents spoke at home. After moving to the Frerk farm near Sutherland, she attended the local country school and eventually graduated from Sutherland High School in 1950.
On June 3, 1953, Alice was united in marriage to Verlus Pippert. They began their life together in Arkansas and New Jersey where Verlus was stationed with the United States Army. After his discharge they moved to Hartley until 1958, when they began farming north of Sutherland. In 1963, they relocated to the Pippert farm south of Hartley and lived there until August 2001, when they moved into the town of Hartley.
Alice was a member of Trinity United Church of Christ in Hartley and the Dorcas Society. She enjoyed playing the piano, listening and dancing to “old-time” music or just spending time with her family.
On Sept. 10, 2013, Alice became a resident of Community Memorial Health Center in Hartley. She passed from this life there on Thursday, April 21, 2022, at the age of 89 years.
Left to cherish her memory are her husband of 68 years, Verlus, of Hartley; one daughter, Ronda (Lee) Irvine, of Primghar; two sons: Brian (Becky) Pippert, of Hartley; and Gary Pippert, of Spencer; five grandchildren: Lance Irvine, of Elgin, Minn., and his special friend, Terri Flynn; Chad (Jen) Irvine, of Spencer; Megan (Wyatt) Albert, of Hartley; and Preston Pippert and Hailey Pippert, of Spencer; six great-grandchildren: Morgan, Wade, Trent and Grant Irvine, all of Spencer; and Alice Kay and Lucy Albert, of Hartley; three sisters: Marlene Olhausen, of Cokato, Minn.; LaDonna Frolkey, of LeMars; and Darla DeBerg, of Primghar; one brother, Willian (Carol) Frerk, Jr., of Primghar; a brother-in-law, Herman Rahbusch, of Sutherland; and many other relatives and friends.
She now joins loved ones who have gone before: her parents; her daughter, Patti Lynn Pippert; her sister, Glenda Rahbusch; and brother-in-law, Mike Frolkey.
