Mary Alice Brockett Shaver

1926 - 2020

Mary Alice Brockett Shaver

White Plains - Mary Alice Brockett Shaver of White Plains passed away at the age of 93 on April 11, 2020 due to coronavirus. Mrs. Shaver was born in Madison, Wisconsin, on May 15, 1926, the daughter of Lula (Young) and Holmes Brockett. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1948 with a B.A. in sociology. She was employed by the United States Armed Forces Institute until she married James D. Shaver in 1950. They lived in Wisconsin and Tennessee before moving to Scarsdale in 1963. In 2000, she moved to White Plains. While her four children were growing up in Scarsdale, Mrs. Shaver was involved in Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, The Steffi Nossen School of Dance and any other activities in which her children participated. She was active in the Scarsdale Women's Club and a 57-year member of Hitchcock Presbyterian Church. In 1976 she returned to work as an executive secretary at IBM, retiring in 1991.

Throughout her adult life, Mrs. Shaver exhibited an unbridled curiosity and interest in a multitude of areas. She attended Scarsdale Adult School Classes, visited gardens here and abroad, enjoyed attending shows on Broadway and the ballet in NYC, experienced a wide variety of music performed in choirs, plays, and recitals, explored the Hudson River Valley, traveled, and participated in adult fitness and wellness classes. She had a green thumb, played piano, sang, was a voracious reader and crossword puzzle enthusiast. She loved learning about others and their interests which she would remember, then "clip" related articles and pictures to send them. She will be remembered for her "clipping". In addition, she established a long-standing tradition of making raspberry jam, giving it as holiday gifts. The power of family was a core value of hers and she reveled in following the lives and loves of everyone she knew.

She was preceded in death by her brothers Kenneth and Edward, her sister, Virginia, a daughter, Becky Shaver Browning, and son-in-law, Richard Browning. She is survived by three children: James of Scarborough, ME, Tracy (David) of St. Louis, MO and Mary Kay of Fort Collins, CO; a daughter-in-law, Lisa Browning of Providence, RI, 10 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at a future date. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions in her memory be made to Hitchcock Presbyterian Church (hitchcockpresby.org), University of Wisconsin Foundation (supportuw.org), or the charity of one's choice.