Lillian Elaine Maas

Funeral services for Lillian E. Maas, age 91, of Albert Lea will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 1, 2011 at Calvary Baptist Church.  Rev. Bob Weniger will officiate.  Interment will be at a Graceland Cemetery.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.  

Lillian died Monday, March 28, 2011 at Good Samaritan Center. 

Lillian Maas was born in Pillager, MN on September 3, 1919, the daughter of John A. Goodrich and Etta (Castle) Goodrich.  She married LeRoy Maas from St. Paul, MN in June 7, 1940 in Bemidji, MN.  Lillian attended grade school and three years of high school at Pillager and spent her senior year in high school at Mankato where she graduated in 1937.  Mrs. Maas was employed by the Scherling Photography Studio in Bemidji from 1937 to 1941.  She was a dedicated Mother and housewife raising four children.  In 1960, she started to work on public opinion polls, educational studies and market research.  She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Albert Lea since 1943.  Lillian was a former Sunday school teacher, worked in Vacation Bible School, was a circle member, served on various committees and was a member of the Ambassador Bible Class for many, many years.  When they retired in 1980, Lillian and her husband, LeRoy, spent the two winters in Florida and Texas.  The third year they went to Mesa, Arizona.  They spent there winters in Arizona and summers in Albert Lea until the year 2004, at which time they were full time in Albert Lea. 

Mrs. Maas is survived by her husband, LeRoy, children, JoAnn, Kathleen and her husband Lenny, Ronald, and Susan and her husband Jay.  Four grandchildren Elise (Tom) Free-Golden, Todd (Eva) Madison, Jason and Trevor Muchow.  Two great-granddaughters, Madison and Ava Free and one brother, John.   

She was preceded in death by her parents, sisters Edith, Cora and Eleanor and brother, Earl. 

Memorials preferred to go to Calvary Baptist Church.