Memorial services for Stacey Kay Anderson, age 50, of Albert Lea, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, September 3, 2015 at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Mark Niethammer will officiate. Interment will be in Lakewood Cemetery. Friends may greet the family one hour prior to the time of the service at Bayview.
Stacey died on Sunday, August 30, 2015 at her auntâs home, surrounded by her family.
Stacey Kay Anderson was born on August 23, 1965 in Albert Lea, the daughter of Dale and Nancy (Rippentrop) Anderson. She grew up in Albert Lea and graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1983 and from Austin Community College in 1986. Stacey married Randy Charlton at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa in 1988. They later divorced. She was baptized and confirmed at Salem Lutheran Church. Stacey managed many different apartment complexes in Minnesota, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Most recently she worked for American Eagle in Ottawa, KS. She enjoyed reading and watching TV, listening to music, and hanging out with good friends. Most of all she enjoyed time spent with her family, especially her grandson Joshua.
Survivors include her daughter Ashley Kay Anderson, grandson Joshua Anderson, parents Dale and Nancy Anderson, siblings Terry (Jamie) Anderson, nephew and niece Taylor and Lauran Anderson, special uncle and aunt Tom and Kathy Jacobs, and several aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Stacey was preceded in death by her grandparents Melvin and Helen Rippentrop, and Benjamin and Cora Anderson, her uncles Arlo Rippentrop and Gary Anderson, and her aunt Patricia Radke.