Mabel R. Carlsen

Mabel Rita Carlsen was born April 3, 1934, to Maurice and Clara Danielsen Price. She attended school in Austin. On December 23, 1959, she was united in marriage to Marvin Carlsen at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. Mabel worked as a waitress at various places in Albert Lea and at Land O' Lakes before retiring because of health reasons in 1984. She was a member of the Eagles Auxiliary, the VFW Auxiliary, the Humane Society, and First Lutheran Church. Survivors include her daughter, Debra Laurie Sather of Albert Lea and their children: Rozamond Sather of Minneapolis, Myia Ricky Young of Phoenix, Arizona, and Tristan Sather Jenny Christensen of Albert Lea; sister, Dorothy Ellison of Austin; step-son, Alan Peggy Palmer of Northwood, Iowa, and their children: Monica Palmer and fiance, Christopher Heino of Minneapolis, Samantha Lonnie Davis and their daughter, McKenzie of Northwood, Iowa, and Blake Palmer of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; a very special aunt and uncle, Agnes and Art Ernest of Austin; sisters and brothers-in-law: Lorriane Ray Severson of Clarks Grove, Lucy Corky Hagen of Alabama, Larry Karen Carlsen of Clarks Grove, Carol Carlsen of Madrid, Iowa, Howard Mary Carlsen of Spicer, Minnesota, Dale and Sandy Carlsen of Rome, Georgia, and Dianne John Henline of Texarkana, Texas. She is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews and her beloved pet kitty, "Binky." Mabel was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Marvin in 2000; sister-in-law, Audrey Carlsen, and brother-in-law, Lowell Carlsen. Memorials to Peace and Power or Crossroads Community Hospice are preferred.