Alice Ruth Wierson

Alice Ruth Wierson, age 90, joined our Lord on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014.

Alice was born to Frank and Alice Sigvaldson in Minneota, Minnesota on September 21, 1923. She spent most of her childhood in Longmont, Colorado and after graduating from University of Colorado, moved to Pheonix, AZ where she got her teacher’s license, and taught Level 4 Elementary school for 2 years.

On December 26thof 1950, Alice married Bruce Wierson and in 1953, they moved to El Paso, Tx to raise their 2 sons and daughter. Alice loved the outdoors. She and her family enjoyed hiking the desert mountains outside El Paso looking for Indian arrowheads and pottery. She also enjoyed family time at their getaway in the mountains near Ruidoso, NM. Alice loved dancing, toll painting, playing bridge, her women’s group at church, belonged to the Norwegian club of El Paso, and dearly loved all the many family celebrations in El Paso, and visits to family in Atlanta and Washington. To everyone that new Alice, she was loving, never said an unkind word about anybody. Her gentle and kind spirit will be missed.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Alice and Frank Sigvaldson; her brother Bill Sigvaldson and her sister, Doris Lockard. She is survived by Bruce, her loving husband of 64 years; her sister Betty Garcia of Springfield, Virginia; her sons, Scott Wierson and his wife, Marsha, of Atlanta, Georgia and David Wierson and his wife Liz, of El Paso, Texas; her daughter, Anne Hartwig and her husband Bob, of Tacoma, Washington. She adored all of her grandchildren, Brent and Matthew Wierson, Bryan Wierson and his wife Melanie, Rebekah and Jacob Wierson, and Cameron Hartwig. Visitation will be on Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from 4:00 pm to 8:00pm at Harding-Orr & McDaniel Funeral Home, 320 Montana Ave with Eulogy from 6:30 to 7:30. Funeral Service will be on Thursday, July 31, 2014 at 11:30 am at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1000 Montana Ave. with Interment to follow at Fort Bliss National Cemetery.www.FunerariaDelAngelHardingfh.com

Arrangements under the direction of Funeraria Del Angel Harding-Orr, El Paso, TX.