Edith Alsbury

Edith Lew (Enabnit) Alsbury, 92, a resident of Mechanicsville Nursing and Rehab Center, formerly of Mason City, passed away on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015.  A celebration of Edith’s life 

will be held this summer, with burial in Mt. Vernon Township Cemetery, Clear Lake, Iowa.  Per her wishes, her body was cremated.

Edith was born in rural Cerro Gordo County on a farm south of Clear Lake, Iowa, on Oct. 30, 1922. Edith and her two brothers and four sisters went to rural school through eighth grade then one by one went to Clear Lake to stay with their grandparents as they attended high school.  She graduated from Clear Lake High School and Mason City Junior College, then taught school in rural Clear Lake.  

She married Norman Alsbury in November of 1942.  While Norman served in the WWII she lived Minneapolis, Minn., then joined him in Washington state in 1944 for a short stay.   After the war was over, they made their home in Mason City.  They built their home in 1946, and she lived there until 2010.  Norman passed away in 2001.

Edith moved to Mt. Vernon in 2010, and lived with her daughter, Julie.  After a fall at home, she moved to the nursing home where she lived the last four years.

Edith was always a learner, and avid book reader.  She was able to attend Winona State College to complete her Bachelor degree in English when she was in her 50’s.  For many years, she served as a highly regarded assistant in the English Department at Mason City Junior College (now North Iowa Area Community College).

She was preceded in death by her parents, Jacob “Art” and Helen (Anderson) Enabnit; two brothers, Jack and Paul Enabnit; and two sisters, Betty and June Enabnit.

Survivors include two children, Julie (Michael) Beimer of Mt. Vernon and Dan (Liz) Alsbury of Byron, Minn.; six grandchildren, Thomas (Irene) Paine-Tsherit of London, England, Kathryn (Craig) Riemersma of Bondurant, Iowa, Lew (Jen) Paine of Urbana, Iowa, Susan (Barry) Paine-Keesey of Austin, Texas, Nathan Alsbury of Shell Lake, Wis., and Anne (Jake) Davisson of Cannon Falls, Minn.; 11 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Ila (Gearhart) Brawn of Tennessee and LeeAnn (Bill) Kurtz of Klemme, Iowa; and sister-in-law, Rosemary Alsbury, of Mason City.

Please share your support and condolences with Edith’s family on her tribute wall at www.morganfuneralchoices.com under obituaries.