Alice was born in Galva, Henry County, Illinois. Her siblings were: Oliver August Matson (1897-1985), Grace Matilda Matson (1903-1978), Victor David Maton (1905-1989), Everett Oscar Matson (1908-1990), Hilda Irene Matson (1912-1983) and Ruby Louise Matson (1914-2005). In 1913, the Matsons bought a large farm near Kiester, Faribault County, Minnesota and moved there.
Alice attended Winona College, and became a teacher. She married Herbert H. G. Pankow (1898-1970) at her parents home on 22 August 1928. He was a son of Heinrich F. J. Pankow & his wife Albertine H. F. Peters, who had brought their family from Germany to Minnesota in 1906.
Alice and Herbert had four children: Lois Ruth Pankow (1932-1993, Mrs. Donald Lein), Leonard August Frederick Pankow, Kenneth Oscar Pankow and Dr. David Herbert Pankow, the latter three are still living. She had nine grandchildren.
Alice was a school teacher for several years, and assisted her husband in various business ventures. She later worked with disabled children at the State School. She was a member of the EUB Church which later became the United Methodist Church.
She was a woman of great energy and enthusiasm, of determination, of gentle kindness, and a deep and abiding Christian faith.
Alice was born in Galva, Henry County, Illinois. Her siblings were: Oliver August Matson (1897-1985), Grace Matilda Matson (1903-1978), Victor David Maton (1905-1989), Everett Oscar Matson (1908-1990), Hilda Irene Matson (1912-1983) and Ruby Louise Matson (1914-2005). In 1913, the Matsons bought a large farm near Kiester, Faribault County, Minnesota and moved there.
Alice attended Winona College, and became a teacher. She married Herbert H. G. Pankow (1898-1970) at her parents home on 22 August 1928. He was a son of Heinrich F. J. Pankow & his wife Albertine H. F. Peters, who had brought their family from Germany to Minnesota in 1906.
Alice and Herbert had four children: Lois Ruth Pankow (1932-1993, Mrs. Donald Lein), Leonard August Frederick Pankow, Kenneth Oscar Pankow and Dr. David Herbert Pankow, the latter three are still living. She had nine grandchildren.
Alice was a school teacher for several years, and assisted her husband in various business ventures. She later worked with disabled children at the State School. She was a member of the EUB Church which later became the United Methodist Church.
She was a woman of great energy and enthusiasm, of determination, of gentle kindness, and a deep and abiding Christian faith.