Alice Polly Beane
May 28, 1917 - May 4, 2012
Obituary
Alice Polly Beane was born May 28, 1917 in London, England. Alice has 4 sisters and 2 brothers. Her only living sibling is her younger brother Harry, who lives in Australia. Alice was married to Robert William Beane on December 25, 1943 in London, during WWII. Alice is survived by her 4 children: David, William, Jennifer, and Barbara. Bob, Alice, and their 4 children left England in 1959 and moved to Edmonton Canada. After 6 cold winters in Edmonton, the family moved to the United States, eventually settling in Kent Washington. Alice has 7 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great granddaughter. Alice had many interests and hobbies. She loved knitting and crocheting. 2 years ago, she crocheted 16 blankets for Christmas presents. Alice loved to bake cakes, tarts, and many other English treats. Alice loved spending time in the garden. She always had a beautifully kept garden wherever she lived. Her grandchildren have many fond memories of spending time in the garden with their nanny. Alice loved to travel. Before her husband passed away, they went back to England many times to visit family. After Bob passed away, Alice continued her traveling adventures. She returned to England when she was eighty. She had fond memories of time spent with her niece Ann and Ann’s husband Bob. Alice had two good friends in Canada that she was close to. Jean and Alf would come down to visit and Alice would go there for many visits as well. Alice enjoyed going on cruises. She loved the food, dressing up in the evening, and seeing many different places. Her last cruise was when she was ninety two. She flew with her daughter Jennifer to Adelaide, Australia, where she was able to see her brother and his family whom she hadn’t seen in fifty years. After that memorable visit, Alice and Jennifer enjoyed a three week cruise back to the states. Alice was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great grandmother. She was loved by many and will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
Nanny we loved you very much and we miss you every day.
We were sooo lucky to have a Nanny like you.
Love Always
Nanny you are missed by many since you touched many hearts like mine. I always enjoyed visiting with you.
Dear Mum: You were more that just a wonderful wife and mother – you were an inspiration. Your endless energy and love of life impressed all who knew you. Your mind and hands were never idle. You were always more concerned with the feelings and comfort of others than you were your own. You were the foundation of our family and no one could ever take your place. You will forever be in our hearts. Now you are our guardian angel. Your loving daughter, Barbara
Nanny, we will always remember your wonderful smile, fantastic sense of humor, and the best sausage rolls in the history of the world! We are so thankful that we got to spend time with you during your last few visits to Hawaii. You will always be in our hearts and minds, remembered with joy, and never forgotten.
Love always,
Daniel, Echo, Catie and Nolan
Mum,
I miss you and love you so much! We all have fond memories to comfort us. You were the most loving Mother and friend to me. I’m glad we spent lots of time together. My kids, grandkids and great granddaughter were so lucky to have you as their Nanny!! You were the one and only Nanny in the world and all their love surrounded you to the end of your beautiful life.
You lived your life with grace and joy, always doing for others before thinking of yourself all the way to the end.
You made sure that a few days before you passed, that Heather would get a special Mother’s day gift for me. Thank you for the beautiful flower basket. I’m glad I got to spend time with you and comfort you to the end. I’m glad you knew how much we all loved you.
We missed you dearly this Mother’s day the first one in my life without you. You are in my heart forever.
Love, Jenny and Roger
Dear Alice
We will miss you so much – you were always my favourite aunt and we enjoyed being with you. We admired your ‘get up and go’.
So glad that we were able to visit you in the US on several occasions and remember especially our time with you in Las Vegas and on the cruise to Hawaii in the year of your 90th Birthday.
With our love
Ann & Bob
As small as this world sometimes seems It’s still a big place. Whilst we in Australia across the world share the grief that your parting brings. Out of this, a bright spark of happiness that we got to meet with you that one last time. Dad was so proud of his big sister, and their sweet but short reunion was a real blessing. You touched and impressed us all with your energy and vitality. You were loved and will be missed by all of us.
I am so glad Alice came into my life ten years ago. She has been an inspiration to me. I told her many times “when I grow up I want to be just like you”. I loved going places with Alice; she was always so much fun and she could always make me laugh even when I was down. I was one of the fortunate ones to receive some of her baking specialities. I will never eat another coconut macaroon without thinking of Alice – nor will I ever eat one as good as Alice could make. I miss you Alice and love you and will always consider you one of my very special friends.
Love,
Kaye
I seemed to know Alice for a long time because Jen always talked about Alice when we worked together. Jen always mentioned Alice English dishes and I got a few tips for my Thanksgiving from her indirectly. It was such great pleasure to meet Alice in person last year. She was just as kind, gentle and loving as I imagined her to be. We pray that in this time of loss, the family will feel God’s love much more and His sweet amazing grace will overflow your heart with peace.
Mom,
You were amazing to us. You always remained dignified, yet completely down to earth, treating everyone you met equally and with respect for their individuality. But your loved ones were always the beneficiaries of special concern and caring, as you kept up with all the details of their various triumphs or troubles.
We will especially remember our trips with you to the antique and thrift stores, searching for hidden treasures, such as future gifts for loved ones (which you would then stow in your white wicker trunk that you’d also found on an outing), or a perfect new garment to wear on an upcoming cruise. After the hunt, you would stuff us with a proper pot roast meal, complete with shrimp salad, oven fried spuds, and perfect coconut tarts with tea–GREAT MEMORIES….
You were lovely and generous to us in so many ways, and we cherish our memories of our times with you, like the day you helped us pick out Dave’s wedding attire at that funky old costume shop, or the time we toured the Doll Museum. Your hand made gifts for Joleen, like the pretty crocheted afghan, or the sweet lavender drawer sachets will be with us and treasured forever.
We miss you so much, and you will ALWAYS be close in our hearts…
Love Dave and Joleen
Mum,
I wanted to call you that.
It seemed that I knew you for many years.. In fact, Jenn introduced you to me about 16 years ago. She kept me informed of your travels and you time spending around your grand-children and great grand children, friends and other familiy members. Jenn also shared your photos of your trips and birthdays etc I was so fortunate to get to meet you a few times. You were so inspirational and you made me feel so welcome that I called you MUM. Thanks for the great memories. I You will remain in our hearts.
Love as always,
I would like to express my deepest sympathy for the loss of your loved one. Death is one of the most difficult things we face in life but may it comfort you to know that others care. I have found great encouragement when reading the beautiful words penned in the Bible at Isaiah 25:8 “He will swallow up death forever, and the Sovereign Lord Jehovah will certainly wipe the tears from all faces.” May this promise bring your family comfort in this difficult time.