Alice Garland

Alice L. (Sullivan) Garland, 87, of Peabody, MA died Saturday, September 11, 2010 in Beverly Hospital, Beverly, MA. She passed quietly with her daughter Paula and son in law Bob by her side, this after suffering multiple health issues over several years. Born in Bartlett, NH on June 27, 1923 to the late Alexander E. Sullivan and Florence I. (LaForce) Sullivan she attended schools in Bartlett and South Portland, Maine.
Alice was formerly employed as a ship fitter, building Liberty Ships at the West Yard in South Portland Maine during WWII. She also worked for many years running the school lunch program in Bartlett and kept us well fed with her great cooking. After locating to Massachusetts, Alice spent many years working for both the Colonial Country Club in Lynnfield and The Proctor House in Peabody.
She is survived by her daughter Paula L. Dalton and her husband Robert of Merrimack, NH, and son Charles H. Garland and his wife Joanne of Cumberland, ME. Five grandchildren Pamela J. McKenna and her husband Steven, Dawn M. Little and her husband Robert, Sherri A. Eskenas and her husband Derek, Joseph A. Garland and his wife Shannon and Tammy M. Garland. Seven great-grandchildren, Aimee and Christopher McKenna, Sydney, Christina and Abigail Little, Brandon and Matthew Eskenas as well as several nieces and nephews.
Alice is predeceased by her bothers George and Howard Sullivan and sister Marguerite Stonehouse
A memorial service will be held at Our Lady of the Mountains Church in North Conway Friday, September 17, 2010 at 11 a.m. with internment in the Bartlett Cemetery immediately following the service.
In lieu of flowers to the Massachusetts SPCA at WWW.MSPCA.Org or The American Cancer Society, 30 Speen Street, Framingham, MA 01701
The Furber and White Funeral Home in North Conway is in charge of arrangements.