Obituary: Hood, Alice Lee

Age 86

Sun., Sept. 13, 2015

HOOD, Alice Lee (Age 86) Of Elmer City, Washington left us Tuesday evening September 8, 2015.

Alice was born February 25, 1929 into the Fairfax, Oklahoma home of Ollie and Edna Stumbaugh and graduated Valedictorian of the 1947 graduating class of Fairfax High School.

Alice married her sweetheart LeRoy Hood in Fairfax on June 28, 1947 and the newlyweds soon moved to Opportunity, Washington in the Spokane Valley.

1963 found them once again moving, this time to Elmer City, Washington where they settled and together in 1973 opened and operated Coulee Concrete, for which Alice scrupulously maintained the accounts.

She was a member of the Grand Coulee Dam Lions Club and when able attended Coulee Dam Community Church.

Alice loved to cook and try out new and often unusual recipes found on the Cooking Channel, as well as watching “her birds” through the windows.

Among her other pursuits Alice enjoyed seeing new places, doing puzzles and reading, particularly history books, but her greatest enjoyment came from spending time with family, particularly her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Predeceased by her beloved husband of 47 years: LeRoy Hood; son: Roy Hood and both of her parents; Alice’s legacy lives on through her children: Steve Hood (Sandy) of Elmer City, WA and Lori Miller (Terry) of Burien, WA; daughter-in-law: Kim Hood of Longmont, CO; grandchildren: Brian Hood, Keith Hood, Brittany Cozza (Patrick), Corrine Miller and Clinton Miller; great-grandchildren: Serenity Hood, Hunter Newsom and Cale Cozza; brother: Everett Stumbaugh of Ponca City, OK; and numerous nephews and nieces.

Her family wishes to extend special thanks to Alice’s wonderful caregivers: Karen Payne and Lorna Holford.

A viewing for family and friends will be held from 10:00am to 12:00pm on Saturday, September 19, 2015 in the Chapel at Strate Funeral Home, Grand Coulee, WA.

Alice’s funeral service will follow her viewing at 1:00pm.

She will then be laid to rest next to LeRoy Hood in Spring Canyon Cemetery of Grand Coulee, WA.

Alice’s family requests that any gifts be given in her memory to the Grand Coulee Dam Lions Club, PO Box 777, Grand Coulee, WA 99133 or the Coulee Medical Center, 411 Fortuyn Blvd, Grand Coulee, WA 99133 or online at http://www.cmccares.org/donate.

Please sign Alice’s online register book at www.stratefuneralhome.com.

Strate Funeral Home of Grand Coulee, WA is honored to be serving Alice’s family.

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