Alice J. Tadd

Alice Jane Tadd, age 84 of Tracy, MN formerly of Walnut Grove passed away on Thursday, June 18, 2009 at Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Balaton.

Funeral services will be held 1:30 p.m. Monday, June 22, 2009 at the Walnut Grove United Methodist Church.

Visitation will be 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Sunday at the Walnut Grove Funeral Home and will continue one hour prior to services at the church on Monday. Interment will be in the Walnut Grove Cemetery. The Walnut Grove Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Email condolences may be sent via www.walnutgrovefuneralhome.com

Alice Jane Tadd was born April 19, 1925 to Herbert and Flora (Irwin) McDonald in Tracy, Minnesota. She attended school in Walnut Grove. Alice was united in marriage to Wyman Tadd on October 11, 1941 at the Methodist Church Parsonage in Springfield, MN. They couple lived in Worthington, MN for awhile before moving to Utah and Nebraska. Later the couple settled in Walnut Grove.

Alice was a member of the Ladies Circle at the Methodist Church for many years and the Legion Auxiliary. She was also a Girls Scout Leader and Den Mother for Cub Scouts. Alice enjoyed looking for arrowheads, fishing, cooking, canning, bird watching, and feeding the chipmunks and birds at the lake. She also enjoyed helping Wyman in the garden and painting the crafts and figurines he had made.

Alice is survived by her children: Allan (Vicky) of Truman, MN, Roland (Laurel) of Vandalia, OH, Lynette (Harold) Giesler of Osakis, MN, Nanette (Don) Gregoire of Tracy, MN, and Kevin (Karen) of Montevideo, MN; 10 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; brother-in-law Orville (Lorraine) Tadd of Minneapolis, MN; and many other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents and husband Wyman.