ALICE ELIZABETH REIF
Vassar
Alice Elizabeth Reif passed away on Monday, January 13, 2014. Born Alice Elizabeth Garner, daughter of Norman and Alice Levis Garner, August 27, 1919 and married May 31, 1941 to Robert George Martin Reif. She graduated from Vassar High School and Tuscola County Normal and lived in Tuscola County most of her life. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert George Martin Reif, June 22, 1990 and son Robert (Doc) Reif, in 2004. She was also preceded in death by sisters Gladys Wiltse, Lila Phipps, Norma Keinzlen and brother Waldo Garner. Alice taught school at the June, Black and Rutherford Schools. She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church of Vassar since 1957. Her children are Judith Colladay (husband Raymond) of Golden, CO, and Deborah Sturgeon (husband Calvin) of Okemos, MI. She loved her grandchildren: Todd Reif of Germany; Julie Burtner (husband Tom) of Potomac Falls, VA; Amy Moseley (husband Scott) also of Potomac Falls, VA; Joni Leete (husband Lucas) of East Grand Rapids, MI; and Jessica Reif (partner Roger) and Jason Reif of Vassar, MI. She loved reading to all her great grandchildren: Soliej Mahina; Sofie Reif; Tyler and Andrew Burtner; Nathan and Kasey Moseley; Aiden Hanchett and Kaela Sturgeon; and Avery, Brodrick and Weston Leete. She was preceded in death by great grandchildren Michael and Zachary Reif. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Grace Lutheran Church of Vassar, 885 Saginaw St., Vassar, MI or Hospice House of Mid Michigan, 1110 East Michigan Avenue, PO Box 30480, Lansing, MI 48909-9986. A memorial service will be held at the Grace Lutheran Church of Vassar on February 8, 2014 at 11 AM.