RICHFIELD SPRINGS Alice Marie Tomasi, age 87, passed away peacefully with her loving family by her side on Saturday, July 9, 2016, in Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown.
She was born on December 13, 1928, in Cooperstown, daughter of the late Charles and Frances (Trask) Jennings. She was raised and educated in Cooperstown and was she was a graduate of Cooperstown Central School. At one time she was married to James Tomasi. He passed away in the 1970s. Alice moved to Richfield Springs in 1975 from Fly Creek. She owned and operated the Oaksville Hotel and the Fly Creek Hotel retiring in 1983.
Ms. Tomasi had a strong faith in God and was a member of the Schuyler Lake Universalist Church, and the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary, Post 616, Richfield Springs.
In her leisure time she enjoyed knitting, doing crafts especially making Christmas tree ornaments, painting and singing at the Old Stone Church. She will be remembered as a kind woman with an unforgettable smile and her love for small animals. She will be dearly missed.
Surviving are two daughters, Patricia Brunner and her husband Clifford of Cooperstown, Karen Harrison and her husband Kevin of Ballston Spa, six grandchildren Amy Parr and her husband Keith, Cliff Brunner Jr. and his wife Natasha, Lisa Lippitt and her husband Matt, Stacey Lindgren, Gregory Hext, Kristen Hext and her partner Luke Bailey, five great-grandchildren, Jerimiah Parr, Sarah, Parr, Hazel Lippitt, Abraham Lippitt, and Kayla Ramirez, one brother Ronald Jennings and his wife Edie of Cooperstown and a sister-in-law, Mildred Jennings.
Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her longtime devoted partner of forty-two years Claude H. Jacobs on January 22, 2013, five brothers Richard, Robert, Gerald, Arnold and Douglas Jennings.
Funeral service for Ms Tomasi, will take place on Friday at 11:00am in J. Seaton McGrath Funeral Home, 40 West James Street, Richfield Springs with the Reverend Rick Kinney, pastor of the Schuyler Lake Universalist Church officiating. Interment will be in Hartwick Seminary Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Richfield Springs Emergency Squad or Susquehanna SPCA. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Funeral Service
J. Seaton McGrath Funeral Home
Friday, July 15, 2016
11:00 AM
40 West James Street
Richfield Springs, NY 13439