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Alice Lowe Ashworth

Birth
New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
26 Jun 2016 (aged 78)
Sanbornton, Belknap County, New Hampshire, USA
Burial
Mexico, Oxford County, Maine, USA Add to Map
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SANBORNTON, N.H. - Mrs. Alice Ashworth, 78, died Sunday, June 26, 2016, in Sanbornton, N.H. She was formerly of Peru.

Born in New Bedford, Mass., on October 26, 1937, Alice was a daughter of Harry and Alice (Knight) Lowe.

She graduated from New Bedford High School in 1955.

Alice sang in church choirs since she was 10 years old. She was the organ and pianist for the Mexico Congregational Church and the Dixfield Congregational Church. She enjoyed crossword puzzles, baking, cooking and hymn songs and loved spending time with her grandchildren.

Alice was program director for the GRCC Senior Citizens Center throughout the 1970's. During her husband's calling at the Mexico Congregational Church, she coordinated and served all of the Rotary luncheons to help the finances of the church from 1983 until his retirement. She founded GRAMPS food cupboard at the Mexico Congregational Church (Green Church). She was named "Citizen of The Year" for the town of Mexico.

Alice was married in New Bedford, Mass., on February 23, 1957, to the Rev. Ronald Ashworth who died in Peru on October 27, 2010.

Survivors include her four daughters, Karen Miller of Cincinnati, Ohio, Bonnie Ashworth and wife, Paula, of Sanbornton, N.H., Sherry Spencer and her husband, Ken of Martinez, Ga., and Heidi Arsenault and her husband, Roland, of Mexico; a sister, Ruth Santos of Buzzards Bay, Mass.; grandchildren, Kristopher Miller, Kayla Miller, David Spencer, Kirsten Gross, Jacob Arsenault and Kelsey Arsenault; great-grandchildren, Kathryn Shealy and Levi Spencer.

Friends and relatives are invited to sign the online guest book and share memories with the family at: www.meaderandson.com

FUNERAL NOTICE
ASHWORTH - Alice, 78, died Sunday June 26, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 2pm Saturday, July 2, at the Mexico Congregational Church. Interment will be in the Farrington-Morton Cemetery in Mexico. Friends are invited to call at the MEADER & SONS FUNERAL HOME, 3 Franklin Street, Rumford, on Friday from 2-4 & 6-8pm. Those who desire may contribute to the Ronald Ashworth Fund at the Greater Rumford Community Center, 50 Congress Street, Rumford, ME 04276 or to the Mexico Congregational Church, 163 Main Street, Mexico, ME 04257, in her memory.

(LEWISTON SUN JOURNAL/ MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2016)
SANBORNTON, N.H. - Mrs. Alice Ashworth, 78, died Sunday, June 26, 2016, in Sanbornton, N.H. She was formerly of Peru.

Born in New Bedford, Mass., on October 26, 1937, Alice was a daughter of Harry and Alice (Knight) Lowe.

She graduated from New Bedford High School in 1955.

Alice sang in church choirs since she was 10 years old. She was the organ and pianist for the Mexico Congregational Church and the Dixfield Congregational Church. She enjoyed crossword puzzles, baking, cooking and hymn songs and loved spending time with her grandchildren.

Alice was program director for the GRCC Senior Citizens Center throughout the 1970's. During her husband's calling at the Mexico Congregational Church, she coordinated and served all of the Rotary luncheons to help the finances of the church from 1983 until his retirement. She founded GRAMPS food cupboard at the Mexico Congregational Church (Green Church). She was named "Citizen of The Year" for the town of Mexico.

Alice was married in New Bedford, Mass., on February 23, 1957, to the Rev. Ronald Ashworth who died in Peru on October 27, 2010.

Survivors include her four daughters, Karen Miller of Cincinnati, Ohio, Bonnie Ashworth and wife, Paula, of Sanbornton, N.H., Sherry Spencer and her husband, Ken of Martinez, Ga., and Heidi Arsenault and her husband, Roland, of Mexico; a sister, Ruth Santos of Buzzards Bay, Mass.; grandchildren, Kristopher Miller, Kayla Miller, David Spencer, Kirsten Gross, Jacob Arsenault and Kelsey Arsenault; great-grandchildren, Kathryn Shealy and Levi Spencer.

Friends and relatives are invited to sign the online guest book and share memories with the family at: www.meaderandson.com

FUNERAL NOTICE
ASHWORTH - Alice, 78, died Sunday June 26, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 2pm Saturday, July 2, at the Mexico Congregational Church. Interment will be in the Farrington-Morton Cemetery in Mexico. Friends are invited to call at the MEADER & SONS FUNERAL HOME, 3 Franklin Street, Rumford, on Friday from 2-4 & 6-8pm. Those who desire may contribute to the Ronald Ashworth Fund at the Greater Rumford Community Center, 50 Congress Street, Rumford, ME 04276 or to the Mexico Congregational Church, 163 Main Street, Mexico, ME 04257, in her memory.

(LEWISTON SUN JOURNAL/ MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2016)


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