Alice Brue

Alice L. Brue

Alice L. Brue, 96, went to her heavenly home on Christmas Day, December 25, 2020 at the Bethel Lutheran Home in Madison, SD. Celebration of Life Memorial Service to be held 2:00pm Friday, June 11, 2021 at Bethany Lutheran Church in Hurley. As per CDC guidelines, the family requests that unvaccinated people wear masks.  Arrangements by Hofmeister Jones Funeral Home.  Memorials may be directed to the Alice Skalland Brue Endowed Nursing Scholarship at Augustana University.

Alice Lorraine Skalland was born on April 4, 1924 at Garretson, SD to Isaac and Nana (Olson) Skalland.  She graduated from Garretson High School in 1941.  She attended Augustana College and the Sioux Valley Hospital School of Nursing and became a registered nurse in 1945.  On December 16, 1945 she was united in marriage to Lester K. Brue at Split Rock Lutheran Church, rural Brandon.  They lived on the family farm between Parker and Hurley. She worked for many years as an RN at Freeman Community Hospital. In 1987 she and Lester retired to Mesa, Arizona and enjoyed many years there before returning to Sioux Falls.  She was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church, Hurley, First Lutheran Church, Sioux Falls, and Trinity Lutheran Church, Madison.

Grateful for having shared her life are 3 daughters, Peggy (Brent) Brown, Fort Worth, TX, Corrine (Greg White) Brue, Austin, TX and Jan (Glen) Enright, Madison, SD; a son- in-law Bill Aeschlimann, Vermillion; 9 grandchildren, Kristin, Eric, Chad, Brian, Craig, Jessica, Joel, Daniel and Hannah; and 5 great grandchildren, Sydney, Tyler, Isabel, Dash and Tanner.  She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Lester in 2010, daughter Karol, granddaughter-in-law, Laura, and 3 brothers, Norman, Irron and Roger.