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.
Sudbury s Ruth Riceman explores the fine art of quilting
Debbie Weisberg
Ruth Riceman, who lived in Sudbury for over 40 years, was not sure what to expect before her hour long talk on the “History of Quilting” at a recent gathering at Kaplan Estates. She was pleasantly surprised, therefore, when all the men and women attending remained rooted in their seats, asking questions and clamoring for more information. As Ruth said, “If you ask people to come and listen to you speak, you need to make it worthwhile.”
Although Ruth loved to crochet, knit, cross-stitch and needlepoint, she never considered quilt making. Then she met a woman from Sudbury, almost 30 years ago, who extolled the virtues of quilting, so Ruth decided to try her hand at making one. From that day forward, Ruth embraced quilting with a passion. As she so aptly puts it, “I was hooked!”