Memorial services for Deloris M. âDeeâ Emery, age 85, of Albert Lea will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, February 2, 2015 at First Lutheran Church. Dr. Kyle Fever will officiate. Interment will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-7:00 p.m., Sunday at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service at the church on Monday. Online condolences are welcome at www.bayviewfuneral .com.
Deloris died on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at the Mayo Clinic Health System, Albert Lea.
Deloris Mary Emery was born on March 31, 1929 in Albert Lea, the daughter of Alexander and Dea (Mathison) Stanzuk. She grew up here and graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1947. On June 12, 1949, Dee was married to Clifford Emery at First Lutheran Church. Dee was retired from Wilsons and from JC Penney. She was a past president of the Moose Lodge Auxiliary. She was an active member of First Lutheran Church and loved doing volunteer work. She volunteered with the RSVP program and with SEMCAC. She was a member of the Red Hat Society and the Senior Citizens Center. She loved doing puzzles, playing bingo, and showing movies, but above all she loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchild.
Survivors include her sons Rick (Lynda) Emery and Phil (Sue) Emery; grandchildren Nick (Tabitha), Noah, Lexi, and Shannon, great-granddaughter Blair; and nieces and nephews.
Dee was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Clifford, sisters Gen(By) Ackland, Virginia (Earl) Fargueson, Lil (Don) Dudley, brother Harry (Regina) Larson, brother-in-law Clement (Dorothy) Emery, nephew Ron Ackland and niece Penny Spilde.