Obituary of Luella L. Asmus-Alt

Luella L. Asmus (Alt), age 94, passed away Saturday, August 24, 2024 at Vitality Senior Living in Upsala. 

A funeral service will be held on Sunday, September 15 at 2:00 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church in Grey Eagle with Pastor Michael Bitz officiating. Family interment will take place at Lakeview Cemetery, Grey Eagle following the fellowship.

Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church.

Luella Louise (Jacobs) Asmus-Alt was born April 3, 1930 to Herbert and Bertha (Fischer) Jacobs on the farm near Sauk Centre, MN. She attended Lakeview Country School approximately 2 miles from the family farm. She graduated from 8th grade. She was baptized, confirmed and married by the same pastor from Zion Lutheran Church in Sauk Centre. Luella married Arden Asmus on April 21, 1952 and started their life in Grey Eagle where they raised their six children in the home Arden built. After Arden passed in 1986, she married Ervin Alt on August 3, 2002.

She was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church and a Charter member of Ladies Guild. She did daycare for over 30 years, worked at Jennie-O, cleaned at the First State Bank and the cafe in Grey Eagle, and cooked at the Double R Bar & Grill in Grey Eagle.

She enjoyed gardening, dancing, playing cards, taking care of kids/grandchildren, sewing, cooking, baking, canning, playing darts, fishing and family camping trips.

She is survived by her husband, Ervin Alt; children David Asmus, Donna (Larry) Maciej, Janice Theisen, Thomas Asmus, and Lori (John) Young; step-sons, Thomas Alt, and Robert (Debbie) Alt; 12 grandchildren Jody (Luke) Borgstrom, Jason Theisen, Joshua (Bre) Theisen, William Asmus, Adam Asmus, Ashley (Mitch) Houle, Mathilda Young, Brandon (Anna) Young, Michael Young, Alyssa Young, Nicholas Young and Ethan Young; and 11 great-grandchildren; and sister Marion Lunceford.

She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Arden (July 21, 1986); son, Robert Asmus (July 2, 2020); siblings: Vera Asmus, Esther Neuman, Marvin Jacobs, and Donald Jacobs.