Alice Emily Sites

March 4, 1922 - Oct. 18, 2003

Alice Emily Sites, 81, of Sturgis, Mich., died Saturday, Oct. 18, in her home.

She was born March 4,, 1922 in Crown Point, Ind., a daughter of Walter C. and Ethel L. (Peck) Jacobs. Alice came to the Sturgis area from Goshen, Ind., when she was 14 years old, taken in by a family where she worked for her keep. She had been employed by the Darling Company, Trans-a-Gram and Freeman Manfacturing Company. Alice enjoyed cooking and serving grand parties in her earlier years. She later became a maid an had been employed by 47 different families over the years. To the children of these families, their fondest memories were her cookies. Everyone she has touched will remember her wanting to help and comfort them in some way. The "Grand Caretaker", Alice was a member of the First Baptist Church, loved her garden, traveling, theatrical plays and art drawings. Her crown of joy was watching her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren grow.

She is survived by four daughters, Yvonne West of Sturgis, Georgia Kelly of LaGrange, Ind., Alice Butz (Spencer George) of Centreville, Mich, and Marsha Goldstein of Sturgis; a son Gale Elsworth Sites Jr. of Sturgis; and 10 grandchildren, Debra Richey (Leon) of LaGrange, Denise Strauss (William) of Scotsdale, Ariz. Larry Holst ( Ann Marie) of South Whitley, Ind., James Holst (Karen) of LaGrange, Diane Rice (Robert) of Houston, Texas, Dannette Korhage (Stuart) of St. Augustine, Fla. Michael Butz (Julie) of Mendon, Michelle Hill (Chris) of Constantine, Randy Reed (Kris) of LaJolla, Calif, and Maxwell Vincent Sites of Sturgis, 13 great-grandchildren; a sister, Betty (Fry) Laughlin of Sturgis; and by two brothers, Morris Jacobs of Mishawaka, Ind, and Francis Jacobs of South Bend, Ind.

She was preceded in death by her husband Gale; infant sin Lesley James West, and by a sister, Margart.

Friends and relatives may call in the Rosenbery-Schipper Funeral Home Ltd. of Sturgis after 6 p.m. Monday, where the family will recieve friends from 6 to 8 p.m. and on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Religious serviced will be held in the First Baptist Church at 11 a.m. Wednesday, with Pastor James Bender officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Lawn Cemetery.

The family suggest memorials be made to the First Baptist Church or the the Hospice of Sturgis. The oberity os also at www.rosenbergschipperfuneralhome.com