Alice S. Pearce

Alice was born in Sorel, Quebec, Canada on May 8, 1919, the daughter of John and Valeda (Giguere) Sheppard. The family moved to Oneonta and later to Otego where she grew up and graduated from Otego Central School.

On November 25, 1937 she married Francis M. Pearce in Oneonta. Together they continued to reside in Otego where they owned several apartments and a laundromat. For many years, Alice also ran a beauty salon. In her free time she enjoyed knitting, crocheting and counted-cross stich. Alice has resided at Hampshire House assisted living facility since the spring of 2010.

Alice is survived by a son, James (Linda) Pearce of Goodyear Lake; three daughters – Camille Pearce of Oneida, Loretta Pearce of California and Lillian (John) Pohli of Otego; eight grandchildren – Eric Pearce of Chicago, Julie Walters of Syracuse, J.B. Youngs of Oneida, Darcy (Rick) Schwartz of Texas, Shan (Lynda) Wessels of Connecticut, Jason (Marcie) Wessels of California, Aaron (Linda) Pohli of Syracuse and Michael Pohli of Sidney.

She is also survived by her brother Edward (Nina) Sheppard of North Carolina; 11 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Alice was predeceased by her husband Francis, in 1985, four sisters; Isabelle Sheppard, Harriet Sprague, Helen Stouffer and Pearl Hotaling; one brother Sgt. Nelson Sheppard (WW2); two grand children, Christopher Youngs and Franki Marsh.

A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 1:00 PM in the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home with the Rev. Bernard Ampong, Associate Pastor of St. Mary’s Church, officiating. Committal services will follow in Evergreen Cemetery, Otego.

Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday from 12 Noon until service time.