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Sue Gill

June 3, 2026 — July 23, 2007

Remembering the life of Sue Gill.......



Funeral Services for Sue Gill, 81, of Albert Lea, will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Friday, July 27, 2007 at Christ Episcopal Church, Albert Lea. The Reverend Jim Young will officiate, assisted by Jake Loper.

Interment will be in Graceland Cemetery. Friends may visit with the family from 4:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. on Thursday at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea.

Suzanne "Sue" was born in Albert Lea on June 3, 1926, the daughter of the late Garrett and Rita Folken.

Sue graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1944, and continued her education at Ward Belmont in Nashville, TN for two years. She graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1949 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education. While attending the University of Minnesota,

she was introduced to her husband, Ted, by her sorority sister Pat, who is Ted's sister.

Sue married Ted in 1949 at Christ Episcopal Church in Albert Lea. Following their marriage they resided in Minneapolis until 1955, during which time she worked in the Social Science Department of the University of Minnesota. They later moved to Albert Lea and raised their family.

Sue dearly loved her family (including her pets) and many friends. She cherished time at the cabin in Outing, MN and all the lake activities. She enjoyed walks in the woods to appreciate nature, bird watching, fishing, hunting, knitting and needlepoint. Being an active member of Christ Episcopal Church was also a very important part of Sue's life.

She peacefully passed away on Monday, July 23, 2007 in the midst of family and wonderful caregivers at Oak Park Place, after a fifteen year struggle with Alzheimer's.

She is survived by her husband Dr. Theodore Gill of Albert Lea; daughter Anne and her husband David Bonnerup of Albert Lea; son Peter Gill and his wife Suzanne of Eden Prairie, MN; grandchildren: Jake Bonnerup of Minneapolis and his girlfriend Heidi Lellman, Sarah and her husband Dan Judd and their daughter Maggie of Madison, SD, Kristen Gill of St. Louis Park and her fiancAC. Dan Forseth, Brian Gill and Eric Gill both of Eden Prairie, MN; sister-in-law Patricia Koenecke of California and cousin Charlotte Edman of Seattle.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her son, John.

Memorials suggested to the Alzheimer's Association or Christ Episcopal Church Elevator Fund.


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