Alice M. {Pratt} Booth

1917 – 2014

Pelham, Alice May {Pratt} Booth, 97, a long time Pelham resident, passed away on Sunday Nov. 16, 2014, at The Center for Extended Care at Amherst. She was born March 11, 1917, to the late Ida and Ralph Pratt, in Shutesbury. She was educated in Shutesbury Schools, and she married her late husband Cleon Booth in 1934, moving to Enfield Rd. in Pelham shortly after. Alice spent her early years raising her four children. Later in life she was a care giver to many at local nursing homes, and then went to work at the University of Massachusetts Dinning Commons, until her retirement. She enjoyed going to bingo with her sisters and taking care of her mother and family. Alice spent her last years at the Center for Extended Care where she had many friends.

She is survived by her brother Lawrence “Larry” Pratt, her two sons, Cleon “Buzzy” Booth and wife Dora and Ernest “Ernie” Booth and wife Carolyn. She was predeceased by her daughters Bernice Stratton, Ernestine “Tini” Sawicki, Sisters Gertrude Stockwell and Mildred Britt, Brothers Harold, Clayton and Chester Pratt; she was also predeceased by a grandson, Tommy Stratton.

Funeral Services will be Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, 10:00 AM at the Douglass Funeral Service, Amherst, with burial following in Pelham Valley Cemetery, Pelham. Calling hours will be Friday Nov. 21, from 5 – 7 PM at the Douglass Funeral Service. Obituary and memorial register at www.douglassfuneral.com

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