Funeral services for Alice Ann
(Bertrand) Munsil, age 68, of Beresford, SD formerly of Lemmon, SD will be at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at the Prince of Peace Chapel of the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon. Fr. Brian Fawcett will officiate burial in the Greenhill Cemetery.

Alice Ann Bertrand was born July 30, 1941 in Lemmon, SD to parents Howard and Kathleen (Keenan) Bertrand.

Alice graduated from Lemmon High School and Northern State College. She married Dean Dawson. She taught English and Drama in Minnesota, Newell, SD and Timber Lake, SD. She moved to Vermillion in the early 1970's and began working as a secretary at the University of South Dakota and later worked in the office of Management and Budget. She married Robert Munsil in 1997 and moved to Centerville and has lived there until her death on December 18, 2009 at the age of 68.

Alice was a member of Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Centerville where she belonged to the Catholic Daughters, the P.E.O. in Vermillion, was a member of all Independent Order of Odd Fellow branches and was currently serving as Grand Secretary of L.A.P.M., was a past president of L.A.P.M. and past Grand Matriarch. She also served on the board of directors of the Centerville R.O.C. bus. Alice's hobbies and interests included crocheting and crafts.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother Wallace and a niece Kirsten Haberl.

Survivors include her husband Robert Munsil of Centerville; two nieces, Erika (Keith) Lapour, Sioux Falls and Julie Bertrand, Adana, Turkey; foster daughter Carol Jorgensen and her four daughters, Lillian, Deana, Jennifer, and Kelly; nephew-in-law Scott Haberl; and four great nephews.