ALICE  ALLEEN SOLIE, 92, of Albert Lea, formerly of Fountain died peacefully on Friday, December 30, 2011, at St. John’s Lutheran Home in Albert Lea. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM, Friday, January 6, 2012, at the Fountain Lutheran Church in Fountain with Rev. Paul Forde officiating. Burial will be in Carimona Cemetery rural Preston. 

     Alice was born on November 21, 1919, in Carimona, Fillmore County, Minnesota, the daughter of Otto and Augusta (Nass) Friemann. She attended country school in Carimona and graduated from Preston High School. After graduation she worked for the Bell Telephone Company in Preston. In June of 1946 she married Robert D. Solie. Together they owned and operated the Fountain Telephone Company until 1968. After this she worked as a nurse technician in Rochester and Fairbault with the state hospital system until her retirement. Alice lived her life with passion and energy. She spent her professional and personal life caring for and giving to others. We are all honored to call this feisty, loving woman our mom.

     Alice is survived by her six children, Robert of Diamond Bluff WI., Karen (Bill) McDonnell of Poway, CA., David of Fountain, Tara (Jay) Brown, of Escondido, CA., Pete (Debra) of Albert Lea and Mary (Michael) King of San Diego, CA; and nine grandchildren, Erin, Greg, Chris, Jessica, Jayson, Cameron, Brady, Katie, and Ally. She was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters and four brothers.

     Friends may call from 11:00 AM, until 1:00 PM, on Friday, January 6, 2012, at the Fountain Lutheran Church.