Alice A. Milligan
May 25, 2012 12:00 am
PORTLAND –- Alice A. Milligan, 81, died on May 21, 2012 in Portland. She was a resident of the Cedars in Portland.
Born in Mexico on July 10, 1930, she was a daughter of Aaron and Ellen (Fleming) Anderson. She was a graduate of Mexico High School Class of 1947 and worked as a bank teller for Casco Bank.
Alice was a devoted wife and mother who loved her children and grandchildren. She and her husband John loved to spend winters in Florida and summers in Weld where they would entertain the grandchildren. She loved children, sewing, animals and shopping.
She was married in Rumford on May 9, 1953 to her devoted husband John F. Milligan, who died in Portland on Nov. 3, 2011.
Survivors include two sons, John A. and his wife, Joy of Cape Elizabeth, and Aaron and his wife, Jill of Scarborough; a daughter, Maureen Willey and her husband, Bob of Sherborn, MA; a brother-in-law, Daniel Casey of Mexico; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; a sister, Barbara Aordkian and her husband, Peter of Oxford, CT.
She was predeceased by her husband; Baby Boy Robert; Baby Girl Milligan; and a sister, Margaret Casey.
The family would like to thank the nurses and staff and the Cedars and also the staff of Hospice of Southern Maine for their care and kindness.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1 p.m. Friday at the Parish of The Holy Savior St. Athanasius–St. John Church in Rumford. Interment will be in St John Cemetery, Rumford. Those who desire may contribute to the Arthritis Foundation, 6 Chenell Dr., Suite 260, Concord, NH 03301 in her memory in her memory.