Alice Garner McCall

She arrived was born in Dallas, Texas (and briefly resided in Highland Park), but

soon moved to Houston... after short detours to Odessa, Lake Charles and

Longview. Her school years included being among the first to attend a new

school with Air Conditioning, Fondren Junior High. She went onto high school,

first at Westbury and then graduated from Bellaire. 

Her college years started in Denton at North Texas State and once she decided

to go into nursing she moved onto the University of Texas in Austin, when it was

a truly weird and funky place. Her college studies were sprinkled with

soundtracks from the likes of Jerry Jeff Walker and Jimmy Buffet.

She finally earned her nursing degree in 1976 at the UT Health Science Center in Houston. 

But bed pans and doctors did not suit her speed, so she moved into the

medical equipment sales side of health care. For the next 20 years she traveled

all around the state and across the country developing a wildly successful

network for medical device sales and distribution.

She retired as a Senior Vice President for San Antonio based, Kinetic Concepts Inc.

In the midst of this burgeoning career, in 1983, Alice discovered she had kidney disease.

Eventually, it progressed to where she required dialysis three times a week, every week.

Understandably many at this juncture would have chosen to retreat. Instead,

Alice chose to continue working full-time in a high pressure, fast paced sales

environment. She won countless awards for her hard work, all while waiting and

working towards a transplant.

It was a rocky journey, but she faced the challenge with fierce determination, an

indominable spirit and with unflinching resolution. She was surrounded and

supported by a loving husband and a devoted family, but she guided her own

star and charted her own course. It was during these years, that Alice took up

walking. If you were in her neighborhood at about 5:30 am nearly every day, you

would see her tearing up the streets as she walked her three miles a day in all

kinds of weather. It was a passion that sustained her for the rest of her life. 

In 2000, her hard work at keeping up a measure of good health paid off and she

received a transplant. The donated organ came from a young man who had died

in a motorcycle accident. This new organ became a part of the family, so much

so that we named him it Elmo. Having a transplant was a gift that re-opened the

world to Alice and enriched her life and of those she loved. 

Following her retirement Alice and her husband moved to Virginia for a few years

and then finally to San Antonio in 2009. Along the way she got to travel the world.

She is survived by her husband Steve, her sister Jean and her brothers, David

and Chris. Among her larger family are Amy, Kelle, Steven Cody and their 13

grandchildren, and five great grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at 2:00 PM at

Colonial Funeral Home, 625 Kitty Hawk Rd, Universal City, Texas 78148. 

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared

at www.colonialuniversal.com for the McCall family.

In lieu of flowers please consider a donation to the Texas Kidney Foundation