Mineral Point – Alice Hartung, age 85, of Mineral Point, died on Friday, June 29, 2012 at Upland Hills Nursing & Rehab Center in Dodgeville.

Alice was born October 7, 1926 to William and Mary Lawinger and was raised on a farm with her seven brothers and sisters. She attended St. Mary's Catholic grade school and Mineral Point High School graduating in 1944. After graduation Alice worked for Burgess Battery and various families in the Mineral Point area.

On April 10, 1951 she married the love of her life Linus Hartung at St. Mary's Catholic Church and raised five wonderful daughters. Linus and Alice farmed until moving into town in 1980, after that Alice worked for the Mineral Point High School cafeteria program until retiring in 1976. Alice loved playing bingo and cards with her family, friends and grandkids and going to the boat with her sisters and friends. She enjoyed taking care of other people volunteering many hours at the Mineral Point Care Center and helping with the funeral dinners. She looked forward to her travels, many trips to visit her brother Ken who lived out of town, South Dakota, Mackinaw Island, Door County, daughter and family in PA and grandkids and great grandkids in Florida and Phoenix.

Alice is survived by her daughters, Theresa (Duke) Raemisch, Jean (Joe) Newquist, Mary (Kevin) Ubersox, Marcia (Jeff) Newquist, Connie (Matt) Cottrill and Deb Newquist a very special part of our family; her grandkids, Gayle (Larry) Paul, John (Leslie) Voigts, Jennifer (Gene) Grindler, Carissa (Adam) Ubersox, Trent (Heather) Ubersox, Matt (Amber) Newquist, Meagan Newquist, Emma, Hannah and Charlie Cottrill, Deven Newquist; her great grandkids, Madysen & Lauryn Paul, Chase, Sydney and Brayden Grindler and Gunnar Newquist; her sisters, Helen Flanagan, Joan Grimm, Ag Knudson; her brother, Ken (Mary) Lawinger; her in-laws, Helena Lawinger, Helen Regan, Gil Joestgen, Wilfred (Pat) Hartung, Bob (Rita) Hartung, Richard Vansant, Carol (LeRoy) Hartung and Gene Hartung; and a special family friend, Betty Lawinger. She was preceded in death by her husband Linus Hartung, her sister Eleanor Joestgen, her brothers Bill and Bob Lawinger and her brother-in-law Cecil Flanagan and her sisters-in-law Florence Meyer, Rosie Reisen and Lorraine Vansant, her nephew Steve Vansant and her nieces Kaye Walsh and Cathy Hartung.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, July 2, 2012 at Ss. MARY & PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH in Mineral Point. Fr. James Hinnen will officiate. Burial will be held in St. Mary's Cemetery. Friends may call from 2:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. on Sunday at the GORGEN FUNERAL HOME in Mineral Point and from 10:00 a.m. until time of Mass on Monday at the church.

We wish to give special thanks to Dr. Grieshaber, Sienna Crest, Upland Hills Nursing Home and Hospice for the wonderful care in her last months, making her comfortable and making her feel at home. We will be eternally great ful for this special care our mother received in her last months.