Residence: Lafayette, Indiana
Died: Sunday, April 09, 2017
Location: 10:59 a.m., at the Franicsan Health, St. Elizabeth East Hospital of Lafayette, Indiana
 
 
Age: 87
Date of Birth: Monday, July 15, 1929
Birth place: Seafield (rural White County), Indiana

 

 
Father: Sikko Reid Swartz
 
Mother: Zada Ellen ( Heater ) Swartz
 
Marital Status: Widowed
Resided in: Alice has lived in the Monticello and Lafayette, Indiana, and Topock, Arizona
Funeral Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Funeral Location: 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 18, 2017, Memorial Celebration of Life Service at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana.
Clergy: Rev. Chris Dodson of the Monticello Christian Church of Monticello, Indiana.
Burial will take place:
Private for the Family.
Visitation will be:
Gathering of Family and Friends will be from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana.
Biographical Information:
Alice had lived in Monticello and Lafayette, Indiana, as well as Topock, Arizona. She was a 1947 graduate of Monticello High School of Monticello, Indiana. Alice was the secretary for ten years at the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University of West Lafayette, Indiana. She was a former member of the First Christian Church of Lafayette, Indiana. Alice loved gambling, playing bingo, and playing the piano. She especially loved her cat, Maggie.
Special Services:
Memorial Information: Memorials may be given to the Wildcat Wildlife Shelter of Delphi, Indiana. Envelopes will be available here at the funeral home.
Marriage Information: On August 29, 1948 she married Joe Mikesell; he passed away on October 9, 1969. Then on July 18, 1981, she married Floyd Shaw; he passed away on April 27, 1995.
Survivors include:
Children, Joe (wife Sherry) Mikesell, and Kathy (husband Bob) Bauer, both of Lafayette, Indiana;Five (5) Grandchildren; Thirteen (13) Great Grandchildren and one on the way;One (1) Great Great Grandchild on the way; Siblings, Evanelle Wilson of Monticello, Indiana, June (husband Earl) Hornback of Monticello, Indiana, Wilma Hornbeck of Rensselaer, Indiana, Stanley (wife Carol) Swartz of Arivaca, Arizona, andKay (husband Gene) Abbott of Crawfordsville, Indiana; Several Nieces, Nephews, Great Nieces, Great Nephews, Great Great Nieces, Great Great Nephews, and Cousins;Her Cat, Maggie.
Preceded in Death:
Parents, Sikko Reid and Zada Ellen (Heater) Swartz; Husbands,Joe Mikesell, and Floyd Shaw; Sister, Mary Spear; Brothers-in-law, Don Hornbeck, Carl Wilson, and Vernon Spear.
Arrangements by:
Miller - Roscka Funeral Home, 6368 E. US 24, Monticello, Indiana, 47960 ( 574 ) 583 - 8488.