Alice Evelyn Hutchins went to be with her Lord and savior Monday, Feb. 9, 2015, at Guardian Angel Homes in Lewiston.
Mom was born Oct. 16, 1922, in Sterling, Colo., to Earl and Kathleen (Bond) Galer. She had a younger brother, Jack Galer.
The family moved to Weippe so her dad could get a job with the Civilian Conservation Corps. Her mother, Kathleen, and a couple of her friends started the Pilgrim Holiness Church. Alice joined the church when she was 9 years old. She was the only living charter member left. She taught Sunday school, vacation Bible school, she was the president of the Missionary Society and superintendent of the Sunday school.
Alice met Lawrence Hutchins at the Pilgrim Holiness Church and they married Aug. 2, 1940. They had been married for 67 years before Lawrence passed away Dec. 2, 2007. Alice and Lawrence had a son, David (Larry) Lawrence Hutchins, and a daughter, Lois Evelyn Aeschliman.
Mom was a stay-at-home mother. She enjoyed doing things with the family. She had many hobbies; she enjoyed sewing quilt tops for the church Missionary Society that the women put together to give new brides and grooms, missionaries and those in need. She liked crossword puzzles, crafts, scrapbooking, painting and drawing. Alice loved going camping, fishing and taking trips with the family.
Alice is survived by her son, David (Larry) and wife Linda; daughter Lois and husband Gerald Aeschliman; grandsons Tim and Brian Aeschliman, Mark, Josh; and granddaughter Melody Hutchins. Alice has nine great-grandchildren, Nate (Melissa), Austin (Kara) Aeschliman, Tiphanie and Saundra, Mike (Sommer), Neil, Nick Aeschliman, Kyle Miller, and Christopher Allen; and three great-great-grandchildren, Haylee and Allan Aeschliman, and Tatum Villa.
Alice was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence; father and mother Earl and Kathleen; brother Jack Galer; and granddaughter Mary Sue Aeschliman.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Weippe Wesleyan Church, with burial to follow at the Weippe Cemetery. There will be a dinner following the burial at the Wesleyan Church Fellowship Hall.
Memorials may be sent to the Weippe Wesleyan Church at P.O. Box 208, Weippe, ID 83553, or a charity of preference. Pine Hills Funeral Chapel and Crematory is in care of arrangements.
