Alice was one of the six daughters of Thomas Fallon and Annie Keaney. She was a graduate of Classical High School in Worcester and Post Business College. Before she married she worked as a stenographer at Crompton and Knowles Loom Works on 93 Grand St., Worcester.
Alice had an independent streak and, after her parents disapproved of her love interest Bill McNiff, she took a train down to New York City in 1923 and they eloped. Her parents' concerns proved unfounded as Bill earned a Ph.D. and began teaching physics at Fordham.
After her husband's death Alice was for many years a research librarian at Fordham University. A native of Worcester, MA, she was a resident of Westchester County, NY, for over sixty years. She was survived by three children, Anne Marie McNiff Dunn of Washington, D.C.; Professor John J McNiff of Bronxville, NY; and Robert B McNiff of Basking Ridge, NJ; plus one great grandchild at the time of her death. In New York Alice also helped raise her toddler granddaughter after her son's wife died.
Her funeral was held at St. Eugene's Church, Yonkers, and she was interred with her late husband at St. John's Cemetery in her home town of Worcester, MA.
Quiet, petite and gentle, Alice nevertheless could command instant obedience from unruly grandchildren and dogs on the couch.
Alice survived her husband by 34 years and lost her first two children, boys, as infants. Despite this heartbreak, she remained joyful and remarked shortly before her death that she'd "had a wonderful life."
Alice had an independent streak and, after her parents disapproved of her love interest Bill McNiff, she took a train down to New York City in 1923 and they eloped. Her parents' concerns proved unfounded as Bill earned a Ph.D. and began teaching physics at Fordham.
After her husband's death Alice was for many years a research librarian at Fordham University. A native of Worcester, MA, she was a resident of Westchester County, NY, for over sixty years. She was survived by three children, Anne Marie McNiff Dunn of Washington, D.C.; Professor John J McNiff of Bronxville, NY; and Robert B McNiff of Basking Ridge, NJ; plus one great grandchild at the time of her death. In New York Alice also helped raise her toddler granddaughter after her son's wife died.
Her funeral was held at St. Eugene's Church, Yonkers, and she was interred with her late husband at St. John's Cemetery in her home town of Worcester, MA.
Quiet, petite and gentle, Alice nevertheless could command instant obedience from unruly grandchildren and dogs on the couch.
Alice survived her husband by 34 years and lost her first two children, boys, as infants. Despite this heartbreak, she remained joyful and remarked shortly before her death that she'd "had a wonderful life."
Alice was one of the six daughters of Thomas Fallon and Annie Keaney. She was a graduate of Classical High School in Worcester and Post Business College. Before she married she worked as a stenographer at Crompton and Knowles Loom Works on 93 Grand St., Worcester.
Alice had an independent streak and, after her parents disapproved of her love interest Bill McNiff, she took a train down to New York City in 1923 and they eloped. Her parents' concerns proved unfounded as Bill earned a Ph.D. and began teaching physics at Fordham.
After her husband's death Alice was for many years a research librarian at Fordham University. A native of Worcester, MA, she was a resident of Westchester County, NY, for over sixty years. She was survived by three children, Anne Marie McNiff Dunn of Washington, D.C.; Professor John J McNiff of Bronxville, NY; and Robert B McNiff of Basking Ridge, NJ; plus one great grandchild at the time of her death. In New York Alice also helped raise her toddler granddaughter after her son's wife died.
Her funeral was held at St. Eugene's Church, Yonkers, and she was interred with her late husband at St. John's Cemetery in her home town of Worcester, MA.
Quiet, petite and gentle, Alice nevertheless could command instant obedience from unruly grandchildren and dogs on the couch.
Alice survived her husband by 34 years and lost her first two children, boys, as infants. Despite this heartbreak, she remained joyful and remarked shortly before her death that she'd "had a wonderful life."
Alice had an independent streak and, after her parents disapproved of her love interest Bill McNiff, she took a train down to New York City in 1923 and they eloped. Her parents' concerns proved unfounded as Bill earned a Ph.D. and began teaching physics at Fordham.
After her husband's death Alice was for many years a research librarian at Fordham University. A native of Worcester, MA, she was a resident of Westchester County, NY, for over sixty years. She was survived by three children, Anne Marie McNiff Dunn of Washington, D.C.; Professor John J McNiff of Bronxville, NY; and Robert B McNiff of Basking Ridge, NJ; plus one great grandchild at the time of her death. In New York Alice also helped raise her toddler granddaughter after her son's wife died.
Her funeral was held at St. Eugene's Church, Yonkers, and she was interred with her late husband at St. John's Cemetery in her home town of Worcester, MA.
Quiet, petite and gentle, Alice nevertheless could command instant obedience from unruly grandchildren and dogs on the couch.
Alice survived her husband by 34 years and lost her first two children, boys, as infants. Despite this heartbreak, she remained joyful and remarked shortly before her death that she'd "had a wonderful life."
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