Alice McMullan

Alice Kelsey McMullan of Chestertown, MD, died on September 16, 2007, at the home of her daughter. She was 90. Born in Brooklyn, NY, on July 2, 1917, she was the daughter of the late, William and Mary McLean Kelsey. She graduated from St. Joseph’s High School in New York, and in 1938 married John M. “Jack” McMullan. They resided in Brooklyn and later Bayside, Queens NY, where she served as one of the first school crossing guards. Mrs. McMullan later worked with Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Bayside, Queens, as a secretary for the rector where she was also a member and served with the Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of Columbus. Following their retirement, she and her husband moved to Jupiter, FL, where she was a communicant with St. Jude’s Church. They lived in Jupiter from 1989 until moving to Chestertown, MD, in 2001. In Chestertown, she was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Washington College Women’s League, and the Red Hatters. She was devoted to her family and was a well-loved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was predeceased by her husband, Jack, on December 16, 2005. Mrs. McMullan is survived by her daughter, Alice Marie Barron and her husband, Bill of Worton, MD; a son, Bill McMullan and his wife, Mary of South Riding, VA; grandchildren, Robert Barron, Sally Cavanaugh, Billy McMullan, and Tara Barton; great grandchildren, Abby, Shaelyn, Kelly, Liam, Bridget, Leah, Eileen, and Kevin; brother-in-law, James McMullan; and sisters-in-law, Mary McDonald and Veronica Vanderbeck. She will also be deeply missed by many nieces and nephews along with loving neighbors, Marie Gillin, and sisters, Diane Livingstone and Elaine McCarron. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, September 22, 2007, at 11:00 A.M. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church High Street Chestertown. Relatives and friends may call on Thursday, September 20, 2007, from 2-4 and 6-8 PM and on Friday September 21, 2007, from 2-4 and 6-9 PM at Fellows, Helfenbein, and Newnam Funeral Home, 130 Speer Road, Chestertown, MD. Interment will be in Chester Cemetery in Chestertown. Memorial Contributions may be made to the National Shrine of St. Anthony and St. Jude, St. Francis Chapel and City Ministry Center, 58 Weybosset St., Providence, RI 02903 or to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000, One St. Jude Place Bldg.,Dept 300, Memphis, TN 38148-0552.