WORCESTER, Mass. — Alice (Wadsworth) Davis, 87, formerly of Plymouth, Carver and Norwell, Mass., passed away at the Jewish Health Care Center in Worcester on Sunday, Aug. 19. Alice was the wife of the late Richard W. Davis Sr., and co-founder of the Richard Davis Funeral Homes in Plymouth and Manomet.

Alice was born in Norwell, the daughter of Lyman and Geneva (Loring) Wadsworth. She leaves five sons: John E. and his wife, Judy, of Surry, N.H.; Joseph L. and his wife, Jennifer, of Cape Coral, Fla.; Richard W. Jr. and his wife, Danielle, of Gilead; Thomas W. and his husband, Charlie Caisse, of Holden; and Mark W. of Hinsdale, N.H. She also leaves eight grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

She was sister of the late Eleanor Gaudette, Elizabeth Hallaren and Loring “Spike” Wadsworth,

Alice was a member of First Parish Church in Plymouth and Norwell. She was in the Ladies Alliance and a member of the Antiquarian Society, Ryder House board, Pilgrim Society, Pilgrim Hall Museum Board, Plymouth Garden Club, Jordan Hospital Club and Paul Harris Fellow Plymouth Rotary Club.

Online condolences may be shared at cartmelldavis.com.

Alice Davis


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