Alice Elizabeth Allen

CHELMSFORD, MA - Alice Elizabeth Allen, 86, of 40 Ruthellen Road, Chelmsford, MA, passed away on Tuesday, August 23, 2005, at home with her family. She was the wife of Joseph P. Allen. Born in Newport, RI on May 13, 1919, she was the daughter of the late William and Elizabeth James Barfield. During WWII she worked at the Newport Torpedo Station on Goat Island. After the war she worked in the Linen Department at Newport Hospital unitl her retirement in 1977. She moved to Chelmsford, MA, where she met and married her husband Joseph. She worked in Chelmsford at the Dunkin Donuts on Rte. 110 for 13 years. Alice also called ?Mama? was a big collector of clowns, she enjoyed spending time with her children and grandchildren, going to Foxwoods with family and friends, singing with the Senior Citizen Choir, playing bingo at the Senior Center, or writing poetry with the Senior Poetry Group at the Chelmsford Library. She has had many poems published in the Chelmsford Library Poetry Books and several of her poems have been printed in the Weekly Chelmsford Independent Newspaper. Besides her loving husband of 26 years she is survived by her daughter Jacqueline Virgadamo-Reynolds of Chelmsford, MA, her son Louis G. Virgadamo of Portsmouth, RI, and daughter-in-law Patricia Perry Virgadamo of Portsmouth, RI, five grandchildren, Barbara J. Pendergast-Thomas of Fall River, MA, Theresa M. Virgadamo of Providence, RI, Judith L. Roberts of Newark, OH, William B. Pendergast of Longwood, FL, Christine E. Corpus of Orland, CA, her sister Emma J. Stone of Smithfield, VA, fourteen great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews, as well as many friends. She was the sister of the late Ida OFahl, Rose Mitchell, Peter Pike, George Pike and Charles Pike. Her funeral will be held on Monday, August 29, 2005, at 11:00 AM in Memorial Funeral Home, 375 Broadway, Newport. Burial will be in Newport Memorial Park in Middletown.Calling hours will be held on Sunday, August 28, 2005, from 5-8pm in the Memorial Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the LGH Cancer Center, 295 Varnum Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854-2193 or to the VNA Hospice of Greater Lowell, 336 Centeral Street, Lowell, MA 01852.