Alice B. O'Hearn

ALSTEAD, N.H. - Alice B. O'Hearn, 72, died May 7, 2011, at Valley Terrace in Wilder, Vt.

She was born June 12, 1938, in Barre, Vt., the daughter of Russell and Albertine (Goulet) Brechin.

She was a graduate of Spaulding High School in Barre and received her B.A. in classics from the University of Vermont in Burlington and her Master of Education from Keene State College in Keene.

Mrs. O'Hearn taught at Springfield (Vt.) High School and later, at Green Mountain Union High School in Chester, Vt., teaching Latin, Greek and English for 26 years, retiring in 2007. In earlier years, she taught in Syracuse, N.Y., Derby, Vt., and Scituate, Mass. From 1983 to 2003, she worked for Granite State Marketing of Londonderry doing surveys.

Survivors include five sons, Sean of Orlando, Fla., Shannon of Douglas, Ariz., Scott of Fairlee, Vt., Todd of Newbury Park, Calif., and Ryan of Alstead; two daughters, Theresa of Denver, Colo., and Erin of East Boston, Mass.; two brothers, Wendell Brechin of Woodstock, Conn., and John Brechin of Lombard, Ill.; two sisters, Pauline Sherwood of Burlington, Vt., and Helen Ferrari of Modena, Italy; 11 grandchildren; nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her husband, Robert J. O'Hearn, in 2010; and two brothers, Donald and Paul Brechin.

Calling hours will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 12, at the Fenton & Hennessey Funeral Home, Bellows Falls, Vt.

The funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday, May 13, at St. Peter's Church, North Walpole, with the Rev. Michael Gendron.

Burial will follow at 2 p.m. Friday in Riverbank Cemetery, Stowe, Vt.