Alice Marie (Kilkenny) Maxwell, 88, passed away at home on January 11, 2024, completing a life well-lived!
Alice met Robert C. “Bob” Maxwell at the Frog Hop ballroom in the 1950’s and became his devoted dance partner for life. They married at Seven Dolors Catholic Church in Hurlingen, Missouri on April 11, 1958, and celebrated 61 years together until his passing in 2019. The daughter of Anthony James and Ella Martha (Henke) Kilkenny, Alice lived in St. Joseph her entire lifetime.
After graduating from the Convent of the Sacred Heart in 1953, Alice worked at the St. Joseph Water Company for nearly 7 years. She also worked at the St. Joseph Gas Company, stopping work to care for her growing family in 1962. Alice was a 57-year breast cancer survivor, having faced her illness as a young wife and mother. In the early 1970’s, Alice began her 30-year career with the Missouri Division of Family Services, first as a clerk and then as a caseworker until her retirement. Alice had cherished memories of coworkers from her DFS years!
A lifelong catholic, Alice was a member of Cathedral of St. Joseph and a past member of both St. Francis Xavier and St. Patrick's catholic churches earlier in her life.
The mother of Leo (Terri), Wayne (Fabiola), and Lynn Smith (Scott), she is also survived by eight grandchildren: Brian Maxwell (Michaela), Zachary Maxwell (Chelsey Domanski), Cambrie Höglund (Samuel), Hannah Andres (Collin), Adam Maxwell, Alex Smith (Jessica), Lauren Le (Tyler), and Amy Smith, plus five great-grandsons, Trent and Dalton Maxwell, Grayson and Quinton Höglund, and Daniel “Archie” Smith. She was the sister of Mary Ellen Tellefson, Virginia Rose Kilkenny, Donald Francis Kilkenny, James Frederick Kilkenny, and Roger Kilkenny, all of whom predeceased her.
Parish Rosary 5:30 PM, Wednesday, January 24th at the Heaton-Bowman-Smith & Sidenfaden Chapel. Family visitation will follow the Rosary 6-8 PM.
Memorial Mass of Christian Burial 9:00 AM, Thursday, January 25th at Cathedral of St. Joseph Catholic Church followed by the inurnment at Mount Olivet Cemetery.
A meal will be served at the church gymnasium following the inurnment at the cemetery.
