Alice was a 1943 graduate of Girardville High School and a 1946 graduate of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, where she received her BSN degree. She was employed as a Registered Nurse for Ashland State General Hospital for 25 years. A lifelong member of Catholic Daughters of America, Court of St. Cecilia, she was a member of Annunciation Catholic Church, Altamonte Springs, FL, and formerly a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Girardville, PA. Alice was active in promoting nurses' rights and benefits in the 1970's, as a union advocate. In recent years, she was very active in the Brookdale Island Lake community as a member of the residents' council.
She is survived by her son, Harry Travis (wife Joan) of Lake Mary, FL, her daughter, Claire Travis (husband Mark Myrick) of Fort Mill, SC, and her grandsons Daniel Travis and Peter Travis, of Winter Park, FL.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Annunciation Catholic Church, Altamonte Springs, FL at 1:30 pm on Tuesday, October 20, 2016.
Visitation will be held at Kull-Heizenroth Funeral Home in Ashland, PA from 10:00 to 11:00 am on Friday, October 23, 2016. A Prayer Service will begin at 11:00 am, followed by interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery in Fountain Springs, PA. Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to Friends of Penn Nursing, Office of Institutional Advancement, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, 418 Curie Blvd., Ste. 445, Philadelphia, PA 19104. (Donations may be made online at http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/giving. Kull-Heizenroth Funeral Home, Ashland, PA is in charge of arrangements.