Submitted by: Dan Rich

Alice F. DeVries Kimball

Jan. 8, 1907 - Dec. 2, 2007

South Bend Tribune 12/4/2007
MISHAWAKA - Alice F. DeVries Kimball, 100, formerly of Mishawaka, passed away during the morning hours of December 2nd in Regency Place of South Bend. Alice was born on January 8, 1907, in Lincoln Township, Berrien County, Michigan, to Charles and Ida (Gast) Burandt. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in St. Joseph, MI.

On November 29, 1928, in her parents' home, she married Andrew DeVries, who preceded her in death in 1983. Alice remarried on March 3, 1984, to Lester Kimball in St. Joseph, Michigan, who preceded her in death in 1995. Alice is survived by a daughter, Elaine, and her husband, Wyatt Mick of Mishawaka; a son, Charles, and his wife, Carol DeVries of Waconia, MN. Also surviving are her five grandchildren, Kris, and her husband, Robert Sullivan of Waconia, MN, James, and his wife, Debra DeVries of Britt, MN, Beth and her husband, Steen Erickson of Minnetonka, MN, Laura and her husband, Michael Worns of Mishawaka, Andrew Mick of Mishawaka; and a granddaughter-in-law, Leslie Mick, also of Mishawaka. Alice was the great-grandmother of 14, Luke, Austin, Jackson and Bailey Sullivan, Sam, Julia and Klara DeVries, Anna and Jacob Erickson, Thomas, Matthew and Mariah Worns, and Makenzie and Morgan Mick. She was preceded in death by a grandson, R. Wyatt Mick III.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5th, in the Bubb Funeral Chapel, 3910 N. Main St. Funeral services are to be held in the funeral chapel at 10 AM on Dec. 6th, with Rev. Marlo Fritzke officiating. Burial is to follow at Riverview Cemetery in St. Joseph, Michigan, with a graveside service being conducted at noon. Memorial contributions may be made to either Hospice of St. Joseph County or to the First Baptist Church of St. Joseph, Michigan.