Alice B. O'Hearn

BARRE - Alice B. O'Hearn, of River Street, died Saturday, May 7, 2011, at Valley Terrace in Wilder.

She was born June 12, 1938, in Barre, the daughter of Russell and Albertine (Goulet) Brechin. Alice was a graduate of Spaulding High School in Barre. She received her Bachelor of Arts in classics from the University of Vermont in Burlington and her Master of Education from Keene State College in Keene, N.H. She taught school at Springfield High School and taught Latin, Greek and English for 26 years at Green Mountain Union High School in Chester, retiring in 2007. In her early years of teaching, she taught in Syracuse, N.Y., Derby and Scituate, Mass. From 1983 to 2003, Alice worked for Granite State Marketing of Londonderry, N.H., doing surveys.

Alice was a caring, loving and devoted mother to her children and grandmother to her grandchildren. She was dedicated to inspiring young minds and encouraging her students. She was a dear friend to many who will cherish fond memories of great times and her smile. Her spirit will be at home in the nature of New England, especially among the hills of Vermont.

Alice is survived by her sons, Sean, of Orlando, Fla., Shannon, of Douglas, Ariz., Scott, of Fairlee, Todd, of Newbury Park, Calif., and Ryan, of Alstead, N.H.; her daughters, Theresa, of Denver, 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, and Helen Ferrari, of Modena, Italy; 11 grandchildren and nieces and nephews. Alice was predeceased in death by her parents; her husband, Robert J. O'Hearn, who died June 22, 2010; and two brothers, Donald and Paul Brechin.

Calling hours will be held Thursday, May 12, 2011, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Fenton & Hennessey Funeral Home in Bellows Falls. A funeral Mass will be celebrated Friday, May 13, 2011, at 10 a.m. at St. Peter's Church in North Walpole, N.H., with the Rev. Michael Gendron. Burial will follow at 2 p.m. in the Riverbank Cemetery in Stowe.