To honor her military service, Alice will be laid to rest at the Dallas Fort Worth National Cemetery on Friday May 17, 2019 at 10:30 AM. The next day a Celebration of Life service will be held at Venture Church – 801 Keller Parkway, Keller, Texas 76248 on May 18, 2019 at 11:00 AM.
Alice was born in unincorporated Peggs Township, Cherokee County Oklahoma, to Clyde Britten and Virgie Mary (Wilkerson) Sullivan on June 24, 1937, the youngest of six siblings. She served in the United States Air Force from December 1955 – May 1963 as an Air Operations Specialist. She met and married Walter Florenz Heiss, Jr. who was also serving in the Air Force at Selfridge AFB, Michigan in November 1961. She went on to earn an Associate Degree in Computer Science from Shasta College in Redding, California. After which she began a 25-year career as an Account Clerk for Shasta County Department of Public Works. In 2007 she moved to Keller, Texas where she was an active member of Venture Church. Alice enjoyed reading, spending time with family, and listening to gospel music.
Alice is survived by her two children, Karen (Greg) Adkins of California, and son Walter Kevin (Sandra) Heiss of Keller, brother Roger (Norma) Sullivan of Arizona, her five grandchildren, Kelsey and Garrett Adkins; Cory, Kyle, and Erik Heiss; great-granddaughters Chloe and Brynn Adkins; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Clyde and Virgie Sullivan, her sister Margaret Maxey, her brothers Bruce, Jack, and Kenneth Sullivan, and her former husband Walter Florenz Heiss, Jr.
Her family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorial donations be made to the Tarrant Area Food Bank. https://tafb.org.
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