Longtime Dedham resident Alice Gillis turns 103
Ariane Komyati, Correspondent
WEST ROXBURY Alice Gillis, who lived on Pleasant Street in Dedham for 69 years, recently celebrated her 103rd birthday at Edelweiss Village.
Gillis, who lived in Dedham for 69 years, has lived through the Spanish flu, World War I, World War II, the Great Depression, the Korean, Vietnam and Iraq wars, and is now celebrating her 103rd birthday amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gillis, a much-beloved resident at Edelweiss Village Assisted Living (part of the Deutsches Altenheim campus in West Roxbury) turned 103 on Friday, April 2. To mark this special occasion, a socially distanced birthday celebration was held in the dining room of Edelweiss Village with residents, staff, and Alice’s niece and cousin.