Alice H. Piper

September 17, 1917 - June 14, 2017

AUBURN- Alice H. Piper, 99, of 440 Minot Avenue, Auburn died on Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at the Hospice House of Androscoggin with her loving family by her side following a short illness. She was born in Searsmont, Maine of September 17, 1917 the daughter of the late Irving and Inez (Cushman) Hall. As an infant, the family moved to Belfast where she received her education and graduated from Crosby High School Class of 1934. After graduation, she was a secretary for the Belfast Moosehead Railroad. On February 20, 1937, she married Maynard Piper and moved to Auburn, Maine. In 1952 she worked at Bates College as secretary to the President. Later Alice worked for the Law office of Trafton, Scales and Smith until her retirement in 1978. She enjoyed knitting, crocheting, painting, writing poetry and taking road trips with her husband Maynard. She was a 73 year member of the Court Street Baptist Church where she was a deaconess, Sunday school teacher and circle leader, a volunteer at the Clothes Closet and an active member of the Androscoggin County Women’s Republican Party. She is survived by two sons David Piper and his wife Kathleen of Skaneateles, New York and Kenneth Piper and his wife Susie of Berea, Kentucky; four grandchildren Cynthia Sanford, Brian and Michael Piper and Jill Girzadas; nine great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband Maynard who died in 2002; and her siblings Wilfred, Charles, Milton, Ruth, Edith and Marjorie. Online condolences and sharing of memories may be expressed at www.lynchbrothers.com . NOTICE Piper- Died in Auburn on Wednesday, June 14, 2017. Mrs. Alice H. age 99 a resident of Auburn. Funeral services honoring Alice’s life will be celebrated on Wednesday at 11:00 AM at the Court Street Baptist Church in Auburn. Committal services will follow on Thursday at 11:00 AM at the Head of Tide Cemetery in Belfast, Maine. Those wishing may make donations in Alice’s memory to the Court Street Baptist Church 129 Court Street, Auburn, Maine 04210. Visitation will be held on Tuesday from 2-4 & 7-9 PM at the Pinette Dillingham & Lynch Funeral Home 305 Alfred A. Plourde Parkway, Lewiston 784-4023.