LEWISTON – Alice B. Tufts, 85, formerly of Hancock, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, at St. Marguerite d’Youville Pavilion. She was born May 4, 1924, in Sedgewick, daughter of Roy and Caroline Perkins. Alice grew up in Brooksville and graduated from Lee Academy, Lee, where she met her future husband, Joseph A. Tufts Jr. They were married June 14, 1943, and were together for 60 years. She was a devoted mother, a fabulous cook and loved being a homemaker. She enjoyed knitting, sewing, crossword and jigsaw puzzles, gardening, walking the beach on Hancock Point with her Labrador, Molly, and fishing with her husband, Joe. Alice was a longtime member of Hancock Order of the Eastern Star, Hancock Women’s Club and Hancock Congregational Church. She brought smiles to everyone she met, and was a truly beautiful person, mother and wife. Alice is survived by two sons, Joseph A. Tufts III of Scarborough and Timothy R. Tufts and his wife, Irene, of Hancock; daughter, Mary E. Brushwein and her husband, Philip, of Danville; two grandchildren, Elizabeth Brushwein Roy and her husband, Benjamin, of Windham, and Todd A. Tufts and his wife, Andrea, of Sharon, Conn.; and two great-grandchildren, Clelia and Macin Tufts of Shanon, Conn. She was predeceased by her parents, husband; and special friend, Anna C. Pomroy of Hancock. Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, at Riverside Cemetery, Route 1, Hancock, with the Rev. Roy Desrosiers Jr. officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to Alzheimer’s Association Maine Chapter, 170 U.S. Route 1, Suite 250, Falmouth, ME 04105. Arrangements are by Stetson’s Funeral Home, 12 Federal St., Brunswick. Memorial condolences may be expressed at www.stetsonsfuneralhome.com.
ALICE B. TUFTS
