Alice Marie Prigge

Alice M. Prigge, 90, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, January 11, 2008, of cancer.
Alice was born May 20, 1917 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, daughter of George and Florence Carlson. She married Eugene Prigge on May 22, 1944, in Cedar Falls. He died August 7, 1992.
Alice was proud to have served as a Navy Yeoman from 1942 to 1945. She worked for 40 years doing secretarial work in three different states, typing many doctoral dissertations. She was a member of the Walnut Ridge Baptist Church in Waterloo.
Survivors include two daughters, Marlys Jean (Edwin D.) Craun of Fairfield, VA and Marylouise Prigge of Des Moines; two granddaughters, Margaret Craun of Baltimore, MD and Elizabeth Craun of New Haven, CT. She was preceded in death by eight brothers and sisters.
Private interment will be at Oakhill Cemetery in Marshalltown. A memorial service will be Saturday, January 19, 2008, 1:00 PM, at the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home Chapel, 7511 University Avenue, Cedar Falls, Iowa. The family will receive friends following the service.
Memorials may be directed to Home Connections at the Lutheran Home.
Hamilton’s Funeral Home, Des Moines is handling arrangements.

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