UpdatedWed, Apr 7, 2021 at 10:38 am ET
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Left to right Kathy Labbe Executive Director Edelweiss Village Assisted Living, Alice Gillis, Debbie McPhee, Community Relations Director Edelweiss Village (Edelweiss Village)
On April 2, this amazing woman turned 103. "I've lived a very good life," said Allice with a smile. "Time goes by so quickly. Actually, it's hard for me to believe that I'm now the matriarch of our family."
And what a family it is. By her best guess, Alice's extended family includes 13 nieces and nephews, 25 grandnieces and nephews, 25 great-grandnieces and nephews and one great-great-grandnephew. Her oldest nephew is 89! Family pictures are displayed all over Alice's apartment at Edelweiss Village, as well as cards and letters from family members. Undoubtedly, longevity runs in Alice's family. Her sister lived a month shy of her 106th birthday and her parents lived to 89 and 90. Alice was extremely close to her family. In fact, she and her sister Dorothy lived together for 94 years. "How many people can say that?" wondered Allice.