Avis de décès de Alice Todd - Nécrologie - MesAieux.com

Mystic - Alice (Broadbent) Todd, 93, after a full and wonderful life, passed away at StoneRidge Retirement Community on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. The daughter of the late William and Alice (Harwood) Garne, she was born in Darwin, Lancashire, England and settled with her family in Cumberland, R.I., at the age of one. She graduated from Cumberland High School where she met Irvine L. Broadbent. They married in 1942 and moved their family to Cedarville, Mass., in 1950, settling in Woods Hole in 1954. Alice worked at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as secretary to the department chair in the Geophysics Department.Irvine passed away in 1967, and she married Gordon F. Todd of Cumberland, R.I. Gordon passed away after 25 years of marriage. Alice moved to Mystic, and has lived at StoneRidge for over eight years. Alice is a member of the John Wesley Methodist Church in Falmouth, Mass.; she also enjoyed attending the Mystic Congregational Church and Calvary Church in Stonington. She had been a member of the Eastern Star, social member of the Stonington Country Club, Woods Hole Golf Club, Falmouth Garden Club, and Woods Hole Women's Club. At StoneRidge, she served as secretary of the Welcoming Committee and a hostess at the Newcomer's Table. Alice had many hobbies including refinishing furniture, hand braiding rugs, collecting antiques, playing piano, and golf, but her longtime passions were gardening and playing bridge. Alice always considered her family her greatest treasure. She is survived by her two children, Linda Hare and her husband, Gerald Hare, of Glens Falls, N.Y., and Richard Broadbent and his wife, Louisa Broadbent, of Mystic; three grandchildren, Mark and his wife, Stacie Broadbent, of Newington, Gregory and his wife, Melissa Broadbent, of Mystic, Sara Broadbent of Medford, Mass.; two great-grandchildren, Cooper Broadbent and Hailie Broadbent of Newington; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. Her family will greet relatives and friends from 4 to 6 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 10, at the Dinoto Funeral Home, 17 Pearl St., Mystic. A funeral service will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11, in the Chapel at Highland Memorial Park Cemetery, 1 Rhode Island Ave., Johnston, R.I. A memorial gathering will be held for StoneRidge residents. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the John Wesley Methodist Church, PO Box 696, Falmouth, MA 02541 and StoneRidge Gardens, c/o William Hooper, 186 Jerry Browne Road, #1203, Mystic, CT 06355.