Alphild Brita Lidstrom Rydberg, 102, Moose Lake, died peacefully on Wednesday, February 17, 2016 in Augustana Mercy Health Care Center, Moose Lake.
She was born on September 3, 1913 in Hosjö, Sweden to Emmanuel and Ingrid (Andersdotter/Lindstrom) Lidstrom. Alphild came to the United States on May 21, 1921 and settled in Moose Lake where she grew up and attended Island Lake School. She later moved to St. Paul and began working.
On August 4, 1943, Alphild married Walter Rydberg in Virginia Beach, Virginia, while he was in the Navy. They lived on Payne Avenue in St. Paul where Alphild worked at Brown and Bigelow for over 30 years.
In 1978, they moved to Hovland. Alphild and Walter wintered in Texas and Arizona through the years. In 1999, they moved back to Moose Lake.
Alphild is preceded in death by her husband, Walter, in 2002. She was the sixth of seven sisters (Axcelia, Esther, Dagmar, Olga, Thora, Elsa) and the last surviving. While our Alphy never had children of her own, she will be lovingly remembered by all her nieces and nephews of multiple generations that really are too numerous to mention.
Quick to smile and with an infectious giggle, she had a gentle heart, loved to cook, go to the casino, eat shrimp, and tip a glass every now and then. Heaven gained an angel that will be sorely missed by those she left behind. Skol pa fisken, sweet Alphy!
A Memorial Service will be held on June 2, 2016 at 11 a.m. at Blomskog Cemetery, Windemere Township. Luncheon will follow at her cabin on Island Lake.
Arrangements by Hamlin-Hansen- Kosloski Funeral Home, Moose Lake.
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