Alpha Theodora Brekke

Alpha Theodora Brekke was born on September 25, 1919 to Lauritz and Gina Nelson Peterson in Manchester Township. She grew up in the Manchester area and attended country school. Alpha was united in marriage to Selmer Brekke in Hartland, MN. She enjoyed being a housewife on the farm and also enjoyed gardening and yard work. Alpha was a member of West Freeborn Lutheran Church where she was active in Ladies Aid, Mission Circle and taught Sunday school. Her favorite pastimes where sewing and quilting. Survivors include her sons, Larry Brekke, and Dale Kathy Brekke; grandchildren, Stephanie Eric Welles, Robert Deanna Brekke, Pam Ray Folven, Shanda Doug Meyer, and Travis Norena Brekke; great-grandchildren, Allyce Brekke, Samantha Folven, Wesley Brekke, Jonathan Folven, and Nathanial Folven; great-grandchildren, Charley and Pacey Brekke, Megan and Bowen Welles; many nieces and nephews. Alpha was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Selmer; daughter, Carolyn Brekke; brothers, Norman, Kenneth and Arville Peterson; sisters, Alice Christenson, Gladys Raimer, Harriet Treuter and Myrtle Bomer.