Alice Ceclia Peyron, 91, died early morning Saturday July 18, 2009 in the hospital in Lewiston. Alice was born Oct. 14, 1917 near Crookston, Minn., the daughter of Medric and Rose (St.Marie) Fortier. Alice graduated from St. Joseph's Academy in Crookston. She came to Rupert in the late 1930's to help care for her Uncle Hector St. Marie and cousins, Bud and Louise. At the start of WWII, she went to Seattle, Wash., with her sisters, Marie and Henrietta, to work at Boeing until she married. Alice married Pierre Peyron July 17, 1943 in Alexandria, La., where he was stationed with the Army Air Corp. During the war she returned to Crookston where their first daughter, Patricia, was born. They then settled with Pierre's parents, Pierre and Marie, on the farm near Acequia. In 1952 they moved into their new home 1213 E St., Rupert, where she was active in the Church and Catholic School. Her husband Pierre died in 1995. In 2006 Alice moved to an assisted living facility in Spokane, Wash., and in 2007 she moved to a facility in Lewiston.

Alice is survived by her son Raymond Peyron of Spokane Valley, Wash., daughter Rose Marie Sanders of Lewiston, and Jon Marcotte of Boise, whom she and Pierre regarded as one of their sons; a sister, Henrietta Turner of Seattle, Wash., and sister-in-law Alyce Woods of Twin Falls, Idaho; 10 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Alice was preceded in death by her husband Pierre, her daughters Patricia (Neeley) Sutton and Charlene Windsor; her son Richard Peyron; a grandson Ryan Neeley; her sisters Blanche Keller and Marie Squire and her brothers Thomas, Henry, David and George Fortier.

Times-News, The (Twin Falls, ID) - Monday, July 20, 2009