Alberta Ade, 90, and lifelong resident of Brookston, passed away at 3:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 22, 2012 in her residence with family at her side. She was born March 11, 1922 in rural Tippecanoe County to the late Lobe and Marie (Wien) Ade and was a 1940 graduate of Brookston High School. Ms. Ade worked at Farmers State Bank in Brookston from 1940 until retiring in 1989. Alberta was a great example of how to treat others, always treating them with honesty and caring. She truly had a servant's heart. She was a member of the former Faith Lutheran Church of Otterbein and longtime member of the Psi Iota Xi sorority in Brookston. Alberta loved children of all ages and most all of God's creatures, cats, dogs, birds and flowers. She enjoyed knitting and cake decorating in her earlier years. Surviving is a nephew, Dick Welch (wife: Joy) of Buck Creek, niece-in-law, Mary Welch (husband: Tom Smith) of West Lafayette; 2 great-nephews, Todd and Chad Welch and 3 great-nieces, Anne Marie Dilling, Alison Dilling and Christy Welch (husband: Dallas Latia) and her 7 great-great-nieces and nephews. Friends may call from 11 a.m. until the time of funeral service at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 24, 2012 at Hartzler-Clapper Funeral Home of Brookston; Rev. Dr. Lelan D. McReynolds to officiate. Interment to follow in Brookston IOOF Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Wilbur Ade Memorial Scholarship Fund.