Alice Charlotte Wanhanen, 85, Whitewood, died Monday May 22, 2006 at the Dorsett Health Care Center in Spearfish.

Alice was born March 19, 1921 in the Centennial Valley near Whitewood, to Clarence and Arta (Anderson) Leeling. She lived most of her life in the Whitewood area. She attended the Crook City School.

She married Waino Wanhanen at Lead, SD, on January 25, 1942.

Alice was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church. She taught Sunday school, bible school and was a member of the Lutheran Church Ladies Organization.

Survivors include her husband Waino Wanhanen, Whitewood, SD; two sons, Larry H. Wanhanen, Rapid City, David V. Wanhanen, Whitewood; two daughters, Janice Mary Sisson and her husband Dennis, Sheridan, WY, Charlotte Kay Fiedler and her husband Russell, Peyton, CO; one brother, Clarence Leeling and his wife Stella, Lead; two sisters, Mildred Willson, Crook City, SD, Lois LaVoy and her husband John, Spearfish; one grandson Joshua Fiedler, Peyton, CO, numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her sister Clarice Lee, brothers, Kenneth Leeling, Harold Leeling, and her brother in law, Frank Willson.

Burial at the St. Onge Cemetery.