Alice F. Higgins

1933 - 2022

Alice F. Higgins, age 89, of Millersburg passed away on June 28, 2022, at Country Meadows in Mechanicsburg. Alice was born on May 4, 1933, in Sunbury to the late Edward C. Fisher and Ida V. (Steinert) Fisher. She graduated from Sunbury High School class of 1951, and Bloomsburg State Teachers College class of 1955. She taught at Cochran Elementary School, Williamsport; Lenkerville Elementary, Millersburg; and Millersburg Middle School, until her retirement in 1995. She was a well loved and respected teacher who found the good in every child who passed through her classroom. She is survived by her daughters, Cheryl Dorman (Craig,) and Tammy Meckley (Scott,) both of Millersburg; four grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. She was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Millersburg. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas J. Higgins, in 2014; brothers, Edward S. Fisher and Bruce R. Fisher, and sister, Lena C. "Pat" Shaffer. A memorial mass will be held at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, Memorial Donations may be made in her name to St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 324 North Street, Millersburg, PA 17061 or to the Lifesong Hospice Foundation, 3880 TecPort Dr., Suite 2, Harrisburg, PA 17111. www.pennlive.com/obits