For those of you who have not already heard, mom passed away on January 14th at 7:55 pm. It happened very quickly. We do not know exactly what happened but something went wrong and bleeding began in her brain. As her blood would not clot well, there was nothing that could be done to save her. We were told that she did not suffer.
When she was told that she had leukemia, her initial reaction was that she had lived a wonderful 70 years. She spent her life doing what she loved, teaching. It is a rare thing for someone to have the opportunity to earn a living doing something they love as much as mom loved teaching.
For those of you who prayed for her, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. So far, we are putting one foot in front of the other and trying to cope with this sudden and unexpected loss. Thank you for all you have done for us.
For those of you who are interested, the funeral arrangements are below. The times are a bit unusual but they were arranged specifically to allow any of her wonderful friends in education to attend if they were able.
God Bless you all.
Funeral arrangements:
Tuesday, January 18th
Viewing 4:00 – 6:45 pm Cookeville First United Methodist Church
Funeral Services 7:00 pm Cookeville First United Methodist Church
Wednesday, January 19th
Burial 10:00 am Crest Lawn Cemetery, Cookeville Tennessee
Cookeville First United Methodist Church
165 E. Broad Street
Cookeville, TN 38501
(931) 526-2177
Crest Lawn Cemetery
800 West Jackson Street
Cookeville, TN
(931) 526-6384
Steven, Stephanie and Family,
ReplyDeleteWe are praying for you all. We know Aliene will be missed greatly by all of you. We were so blessed to have had the chance to meet her. Sorry we will not be able to attend services, but know that we are thinking of you all and praying for you.
Love,
The Greg Grouse Family
We love you guys and will continue to pray for you.
ReplyDeleteBrian & Mindy Hargett & fam
Larry and Steve:
ReplyDeleteAll in the family Ríos are very sad about Alene's passing into eternal life. We will miss her. We have known the Clicks since the early 70's. We were also colleages in the education field. We are teachers of Foreign Languages and our kids played together. She was one of the best Foreign Language teachers we had at Cookeville High School. She became president of the Tennessee Foreign Language Teachers Association [TFLTA] and did an excellent job in organizing training seminars for all the foreign language teachers in Tennesse and surrounding states. She touched a lot of lives and for their own good. I am sure she is already enjoying God's company in heaven as well. However, we are all going to miss her.
Eliseo Rios
Stephanie, Steven and Alene's family,
ReplyDeleteI have known Alene for 30 years (through TFLTA) and have always considered her one of the most dedicated career language professionals and certainly amongst the kindest and most genteel souls I have ever met. She will be missed terribly by those of us in her chosen career path. I am in S. Korea, teaching, until the end of the week and will not be attendance at her fairwell services, but please know that my family's thoughts and prayers are with you at this time. God bless our dear Alene.
-Pattie Davis-Wiley