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Alice was one of six children of Martin F. and Katherine Lennon McCarthy. She is survived by her youngest sister, Ellen McCarthy, who lives in Mystic, Connecticut. Alice is also survived by three nieces and four nephews: Ann Marie Wall of Cambridge, England, Elizabeth Anderson, Hope Valley, R.I., Dr. James J. Wall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, John M. Wall, Blowing Rock, NC, Katherine Gardner, Dumfries, Va., Thomas Wall, New York City, New York, and Michael Wall, Westerly, R.I. Alice is also survived by 3 great nephews, 1great niece, and a great-great niece. She was a devoted and attentive aunt.
Alice also was a devoted physical education teacher and coach. Having attended Lowell State Teachers College, she taught physical education and coached field hockey and basketball teams at Wilmington High School until her retirement in the mid 1980's. Alice also received her Masters Degree from Boston University. Throughout her teaching career, Alice divided her free time between Lowell and New Hampshire. In NH. She and a friend opened up a tennis business called "Tennis Anyone?" After residing in NH., she later made her summer home in Boothbay, ME. She loved all sports, particularly tennis and cross-country skiing. Travel was also a very big part of Alice's life. RV traveling gave Alice great joy in her retirement years.
Alice will be dearly missed by friends, family and all who knew her.
"I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
–Robert Frost, American poet
On Friday, April 5, 2024 all are welcome to attend her funeral mass at 1 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Church, 144 E. Merrimack St., Lowell, followed by procession to St. Patrick Cemetery. Arrangements by Mahoney Funeral Home, 187 Nesmith Street, Lowell, 978-452-6361. Please find us on Facebook or visit www.MahoneyFuneralHome.com to leave the family a message of condolence at any time.
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Carol Carrasco Trout
May 29, 2024
She was my third grade teacher at the Buzzell School in Wilmington, and my gym teacher and basketball coach in high school. She was very kind to me. I remember her putting some brown salve on my finger that I hurt during a game, and when I said something about what an awful color it was, she asked me if I would mind my skin being that color. I can´t recall the rest of the conversation, but I somehow knew and always remembered what she was trying to point out.
Barbara Collins
May 23, 2024
Gym class. Nice lady. Always made you feel at ease, and she was most encouraging. Strangely enough, I was just thinking of her recently after all these years. She leaves a good legacy as a kind and caring teacher.
Edward A Daly
March 6, 2024
Alice and I have been long time friends.In our later years we lived in the same
condo building. She was a wonderful person and will be in our prayers,
Connie Lanseigne-Casse
March 6, 2024
Beginning in college in the late forties, we were friends through these many years. Particularly memorable was the summer cross-country trip, Thanksgivings together in Maine, and interesting visits with her Jesuit brothers.
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Terri O'Conners Allum
March 5, 2024
My thoughts and prayers are with Miss McCarthy's family. I was a student at Wilmington High and had Miss McCarthy as a gym teacher and coach at various sports. She was a very dedicated teacher.
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