Alyce was born to Faultine Bechtold, a German American Farmer and Emelia Werner Bechtold, a German speaking immigrant from Russia. Her mother passed away when Alyce was 10 years old. She grew up speaking German at home, but was not permitted to speak German in public, as her father said they lived in America where the common vernacular was English.
Alyce married Devillo F. Cookenmaster, and they had one son, Ronald Vern. Devillo was in the military, and the family traveled extensively based on his naval career. Alyce was a registered LPN naval nurse during World War II. She lived in San Diego while her husband, "Dee," or "Cookie" as he was sometimes called, was stationed at Pearl Harbor. After Dee's retirement the couple moved to El Centro California, and finally to Apache Jct., Arizona.
An avid supporter of Adventist education, Alyce and Dee helped put several students through Seventh-day Adventist school, and helped to build the East Mesa Seventh-day Adventist Church in Mesa, Arizona. She also enjoyed being a grandmother to her three grandsons, Michael, Jeffrey, and Phillip.
Alyce was plagued with scleroderma and shingles in her 60s and 70s, to which she finally succumbed in 1990.
Alyce married Devillo F. Cookenmaster, and they had one son, Ronald Vern. Devillo was in the military, and the family traveled extensively based on his naval career. Alyce was a registered LPN naval nurse during World War II. She lived in San Diego while her husband, "Dee," or "Cookie" as he was sometimes called, was stationed at Pearl Harbor. After Dee's retirement the couple moved to El Centro California, and finally to Apache Jct., Arizona.
An avid supporter of Adventist education, Alyce and Dee helped put several students through Seventh-day Adventist school, and helped to build the East Mesa Seventh-day Adventist Church in Mesa, Arizona. She also enjoyed being a grandmother to her three grandsons, Michael, Jeffrey, and Phillip.
Alyce was plagued with scleroderma and shingles in her 60s and 70s, to which she finally succumbed in 1990.
Alyce was born to Faultine Bechtold, a German American Farmer and Emelia Werner Bechtold, a German speaking immigrant from Russia. Her mother passed away when Alyce was 10 years old. She grew up speaking German at home, but was not permitted to speak German in public, as her father said they lived in America where the common vernacular was English.
Alyce married Devillo F. Cookenmaster, and they had one son, Ronald Vern. Devillo was in the military, and the family traveled extensively based on his naval career. Alyce was a registered LPN naval nurse during World War II. She lived in San Diego while her husband, "Dee," or "Cookie" as he was sometimes called, was stationed at Pearl Harbor. After Dee's retirement the couple moved to El Centro California, and finally to Apache Jct., Arizona.
An avid supporter of Adventist education, Alyce and Dee helped put several students through Seventh-day Adventist school, and helped to build the East Mesa Seventh-day Adventist Church in Mesa, Arizona. She also enjoyed being a grandmother to her three grandsons, Michael, Jeffrey, and Phillip.
Alyce was plagued with scleroderma and shingles in her 60s and 70s, to which she finally succumbed in 1990.
Alyce married Devillo F. Cookenmaster, and they had one son, Ronald Vern. Devillo was in the military, and the family traveled extensively based on his naval career. Alyce was a registered LPN naval nurse during World War II. She lived in San Diego while her husband, "Dee," or "Cookie" as he was sometimes called, was stationed at Pearl Harbor. After Dee's retirement the couple moved to El Centro California, and finally to Apache Jct., Arizona.
An avid supporter of Adventist education, Alyce and Dee helped put several students through Seventh-day Adventist school, and helped to build the East Mesa Seventh-day Adventist Church in Mesa, Arizona. She also enjoyed being a grandmother to her three grandsons, Michael, Jeffrey, and Phillip.
Alyce was plagued with scleroderma and shingles in her 60s and 70s, to which she finally succumbed in 1990.
Inscription
Marker Reads Alyce May. Her middle name was spelled incorrectly and was never corrected on the marker.
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