OAKVILLE - Alice A. (Elgines) Stemm age 91, died peacefully on Thursday, January 15, 2015 surrounded by the love and comfort of her family at the Watertown Convalarium. She was the widow of Carl J. Stemm.
Alice was born January 30, 1923 in Bayonne NJ, the daughter of the late Charles and Anna (Gedraitis) Elgines. She was a graduate of Wilby High School and was employed for many years as an Administrative Assistant at Waterbury Plating Co. She has lived in Oakville for the past 20 years and was a parishioner of St Mary Magdalen Church where she was also a member of the Catholic Womens Organization. Alice's family would like to extend their personal gratitude to the staff at the Watertown Convalarium for the kind and compassionate care they shared with Alice during her stay.
Alice is survived by her sister, Gladys R. Tamberino and her husband Edward of Oakville, her brother, Kenneth Mussa and his wife Jo-Ann of Inverness FL as well as her sister in-laws Bernice Proe, and Ruth Mussa, many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. She was predeceased by her two brothers, Richard and Raymond Mussa and her sister, Victoria Lawson.
Funeral services for Mrs. Stemm will be held on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. from the O'Neill Funeral Home, 742 Main Street, to Saint Mary Magdalen Church to celebrate the Liturgy of Christian Burial at 11:00 a.m. Burial will follow in Mt Olivet Cemetery in Watertown. Relatives and friends may visit with Alice's family on Tuesday morning from 9:30 to 10:30a.m. Donations in memory of Alice can be made to Saint Mary Magdalen School 145 Buckingham St Watertown, CT. To extend online expressions of sympathy to her family or for additional information, kindly visit the funeral home website at
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