Alice was the daughter of Alston A. and Eudora B. (Carter) Straw, she grew up in Bedford, Mass., and graduated from Lexington High School. She graduated from the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital School of Nursing and served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War II. Beginning her career as a nursing instructor and staff nurse, she furthered her education at Boston University and became the director of nursing aervices at Mary Hitchcock. After retiring from Mary Hitchcock, she worked several years as an elementary school nurse in Lebanon.
Alice enjoyed fishing, hiking, bird watching and baseball. She was an avid Red Sox fan who delighted in telling people that she had seen Babe Ruth play in Boston.
Alice was predeceased by her brother, Oscar A. Straw, who died Dec. 13, 2009, and her lifelong friend, Caroline Shearman, who died in 2005.
[Info from the Concord Monitor. 05.12.10.]
Alice enjoyed fishing, hiking, bird watching and baseball. She was an avid Red Sox fan who delighted in telling people that she had seen Babe Ruth play in Boston.
Alice was predeceased by her brother, Oscar A. Straw, who died Dec. 13, 2009, and her lifelong friend, Caroline Shearman, who died in 2005.
[Info from the Concord Monitor. 05.12.10.]
Alice was the daughter of Alston A. and Eudora B. (Carter) Straw, she grew up in Bedford, Mass., and graduated from Lexington High School. She graduated from the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital School of Nursing and served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War II. Beginning her career as a nursing instructor and staff nurse, she furthered her education at Boston University and became the director of nursing aervices at Mary Hitchcock. After retiring from Mary Hitchcock, she worked several years as an elementary school nurse in Lebanon.
Alice enjoyed fishing, hiking, bird watching and baseball. She was an avid Red Sox fan who delighted in telling people that she had seen Babe Ruth play in Boston.
Alice was predeceased by her brother, Oscar A. Straw, who died Dec. 13, 2009, and her lifelong friend, Caroline Shearman, who died in 2005.
[Info from the Concord Monitor. 05.12.10.]
Alice enjoyed fishing, hiking, bird watching and baseball. She was an avid Red Sox fan who delighted in telling people that she had seen Babe Ruth play in Boston.
Alice was predeceased by her brother, Oscar A. Straw, who died Dec. 13, 2009, and her lifelong friend, Caroline Shearman, who died in 2005.
[Info from the Concord Monitor. 05.12.10.]
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