Alice Barone

Alice Mary Schweizer Barone, 90, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Feb. 18, 2008, at Ratliff Care Center.

She was born Nov. 3, 1917, in East Orange, N.J., daughter of Joseph and Mary Coleman Connelly. She and Walter A. Schweizer were married in 1939 in West Orange, N.J. He died July 18, 1992. She later married Edward Elmer Barone June 20, 1998, in Fort Myers, Fla. He died June 21, 2003.

Mrs. Barone had worked in retail sales. She was a member of Lynwood Baptist Church. She was a former member of St. Columbkille Catholic Church in Fort Myers, where she served as a sacristan and was a member of the Women's Guild. She was also an active member of Tropicana Mobile Manor Activities Committee in Fort Myers many years.

Survivors include two daughters, Joan (Keith) Dambach of Cape Girardeau, Leslie (Charles) Evanich of Corning, N.Y.; a brother, Edwin Connelly of New York; two sisters, Rita Reinhart of Sebring, Fla., Katherine Williamson of Livingston, N.J.; four grandchildren, Kristen Healy, Morgan and Ethan Dambach, Michelle Evanich; 13 nieces and nephews.

In addition to her husbands and parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Gary August Schweizer, and a brother, Robert Connelly.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Lynwood Baptist Church, with the Rev. Steven Bradshaw officiating. Interment will be at a later date in St. Columbkille Memorial Garden in Fort Myers.

Memorials may be made to Southeast Hospice or Alzheimer's Association.

Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.