Funeral services for LeVerne Carlson, age 93, formerly of Alden, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home.

The Rev. Jerry Merkouris will officiate.

Interment will be in the Alden Cemetery with military honors accorded by the Freeborn County servicemen&8217;s organizations.

Visitation is one hour prior to the services at Bayview.

LeVerne died Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006, at the Albert Lea Good Samaritan Center.

LeVerne Carlson was born Sept. 9, 1913, to Lewis and Hannah (Johnson) Carlson in Carlston Township.

He graduated from Alden High School in 1930. LeVerne worked at several occupations before entering the Army.

He served in Alaska as mess steward at Administrative Noncommissioned Office and served a second tour of duty as master sergeant in November 1946.

He also served with the 9960th Hospital Train Unit, Staton Island, N.Y. and at Oliver General Hospital in Augusta, Ga.

LeVerne purchased the Shoe & Harness Repair Shop from Reinhart Maas around 1954 and started Alden Shoe & Clothing. He operated the store for over 50 years until a stroke made it unable for him to continue and sold the store to Steve and Deanne Peterson, who continue to operate it as Alden Shoe & Clothing.

LeVerne has given very generously to a new addition on the Alden school building to be built in the near future.

He has also supported the area Youth for Christ, many Alden organizations, and several missions.

Survivors include his nieces: Pearl (Richard) Thunstedt, Ramona Peterson, Mary Lou (Robert) Jacobson, and Jean Boothe; and nephews, Roger (Char) Peterson and Ross (Joan) Moyer.

LeVerne was preceded in death by his parents; sisters: Eveline (Enoch) Peterson, Lillian (Glen) Gray, and Alma (Ferris) Moyer; niece, Betty Roach; and nephews: Richard Peterson, Robert Gray, Jerome Moyer, Gordon Moyer and Dalis Moyer.