Alice A. Tallamy

Frankford Twp. - Alice A. Tallamy, age 62, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, November 21, 2009 after a long and courageous battle with lung cancer. Born in Wijnjeterp, Friesland, Nederland, she came to the United States on April 1, 1956 with her immediate family and was raised in Sussex County. She graduated grammar school from the Sussex Christian School and in 1965 graduated from the Sussex High School. Alice married her husband, Paul on July 28, 1965 and they started their life in Lexington, Kentucky. In 1967, they moved to Texas and in 1970, Alice started her own beauty shop in Caldwell, Texas, known as "Ali's Hokje." In 1979, Alice and Paul decided to move their family back to New Jersey to be closer to their families. Eventually, Alice opened her own clothing boutique in Branchville, known as "Ali's Boutique." She was a member of the Sussex Christian Reformed Church and was very active there as well as her community. She was predeceased by her father, John B. Aukema in 2001, her mother, Wilma (van Ens) Aukema in 2002, and her brother, Robert Aukema in 2004. Alice is survived by her husband of 44 years, Paul T. Tallamy; her two sons, Paul "Duce" Tallamy and his wife Joy of Wantage and Jonathan and his wife Kristin of Frankford Twp.; her daughter, Jennifer Vander Groef and her husband David of Frankford Twp.; her brother, Bouwe Aukema and his wife Fay of Meshoppen, PA; her three sisters, Jeanette Hinkley and her husband Nelson of Frankford Twp., Katrinka Morris and her husband Douglas of Sussex, and Susan Greene of Bryan, Texas; 8 grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. Friends may pay their respects to the family on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 from 4-7 p.m. at the Pinkel Funeral Home, 31Bank Street, Sussex. Private interment will take place at the convenience of the family. A celebration of Alice's life will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, November 27, 2009 at the Sussex Christian Reformed Church. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations may be made to Ali's Angels, P.O. Box 661, Branchville, NJ 07826 or to the Sussex Christian School, 51 Unionville Ave., Sussex, NJ 07461. Online condolences may be offered to the family by logging onto Alice Tallamy's lung cancer awarenes website: www.alisangels.org or on www.PinkelFuneralHome.net