Edward D. Ernest

Edward Delman Ernest was born July 12, 1920, to Lewis M. and Minnie B. Hendrickson Ernest in Albert Lea. He was a 1939 graduate of Albert Lea High School and attended Dunwoody Institute in Minneapolis after the war. Ed had worked for the Boeing Company in Wichita and Seattle. On August 16, 1955, he was united in marriage to Alice Rochelle in Seattle. The couple lived in St. Louis before moving back to Albert Lea in 1965. Ed's career was in Real Estate. He was a Real Estate Broker and a designated Real Estate Appraiser. He was a member of the Society of Real Estate Appraisers. Ed was also a member of Christ Episcopal Church, Masonic Lodge, and the Shriners. He especially loved nature, dogs and cats, fishing up north, and reading. Survivors include his wife, Alice of Albert Lea; children, Mark and his wife, Josefa Ernest of Eagan and Christine and her husband, Scott Baron of Rockville, MD; brother, Malcolm Ernest of Albert Lea; and nieces and nephews. Ed was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Adelyn Jensen. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to Humane Society of Freeborn County or the Alzheimer's Association.