Alice Louise Edwards, 1919 – 2011

EDWARDS, GOODRICH, CROW, BRAATZ, COLONY, STONER, ROURKE, JENSEN, ROBERTSON, MAJOR, MOSES, ORR, DEGROOT, GOODRICH

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 3/2/2011 at 12:28:59

Alice Louise Edwards, 1919 – 2011

Funeral services for Alice L. Edwards, 91, Oxford, were held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 28, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Oxford. She died Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, at the Lantern Park Nursing and Rehab Center, Coralville. The Rev. Edmond Dunn and the Rev. Harry Imlay officiated at the service. Private family graveside services will be held at a later date at the Oxford Cemetery. A memorial fund has been established. Gay and Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service was in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be left at www.gayandciha.com.

Alice Louise Edwards was born Dec. 17, 1919, in Oxford, the daughter of Charles E. and Mabel L. (Crow) Goodrich. Following graduation from Oxford High School, she attended University College of Cosmetology in Iowa City.

She married Harold Robert Edwards on Aug. 10, 1937, in Iowa City. The couple made their home in Oxford where during WWII she worked for her father’s company, Goodrich Produce. Their family grew from two to five in a number of years. Her three children, Joan, Connie and Richard remember their mother as an excellent seamstress, sewing most of their and their father’s clothes. She loved to cook and bake, often sending Harold around town with her baked goods to share with others. In 1962 she and her daughter, Joan, opened the Town and Country Beauty Salon in Oxford. She continued her profession until retiring in 1989.

She was a person of strong faith, living daily her life as a true Christian. She believed in her country, was very patriotic, loved her garden and was a Master Gardner. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, Ladies Aid and was one of the two women who established Super 60’s Club in Oxford, many years ago. It is still doing great things for the residents of Oxford.

In her 70’s she decided to attend classes that taught her how to fire porcelain dolls, which she learned with great skill. She then made one for each of her daughters and granddaughters, personalizing each with dresses she made. But if you were to ask Alice, she would say the greatest joys in life have been her family. Before her death, she was able to boast of five generations in her family, a fact that few can ever proclaim.

“We love you Mom, You were simply amazing!”

Her family would like to extend a special thanks to all the fine physicians, nurses and staff at Internal Medicine in Iowa City; especially her doctor of over 30 years, Dr. Thomas Nicknish, and Dr. Chris Donelson; all who cared for Alice so lovingly for many years. Also the staff of Lantern Park Nursing and Rehab Center for their compassionate care for Alice of the last number of months.

Edwards is survived by three children and their spouses, Joan and Gordon Rourke Braatz, Oxford; Connie and Lynn Colony, Tiffin, and Richard and Janis Edwards, of Springdale, Ariz.; seven grandchildren and their spouses, Gatana and Mike Stoner, Terry and Stephanie Rourke, Tracy Colony, Chad and Heidi Colony, Courtney and Tom Jensen, Shalon Robertson and Seth and Jessica Major; 15 great-grandchildren and their spouses, Sonya and Korie Moses, Brannan and Kristi Stoner, Mariah, Nile and Chase Rourke, Tyler, Madeline and Emily Jensen, Taylor, Kylie and Cole Colony, Braden and Adalie Major, Keyan and Brooklyn Robertson; six great-great-grandchildren, Ashton Stoner De Groot, Alexis Moses, Andenn Moses, Brogan Stoner and Kalani Stoner, and her sister-in-law, Eunice Goodrich, Mt. Vernon.

She was preceded in death by her husband, in 2002; her parents; one son-in-law, LeRoy Rourke; four brothers, Clifford, Charles, John and Walter, and one sister, Jeanette Orr.

Iowa County Obituaries, Williamsburg Journal Tribune, Williamsburg Iowa, March 3, 2011, pg 3