Alice M. Mottillo

RIVERVIEW – Alice Marie (Jodocy) Mottillo, 95, of Riverview, MI, formerly of St. Nicholas, MI, died peacefully at the Henry Ford Hospice in Henry Ford Hospital, Wyandotte, MI, on September 20. Alice was born in St. Nicholas, MI, (Upper Peninsula) where she was raised on a dairy farm and milked several cows each morning before she attended class in a one-room school house. She graduated from Rock High School, received a B.A. in Education from Northern Michigan University and a Masters in Education from the University of Michigan, but never lost her love of the farm or the Upper Peninsula. Alice enjoyed teaching French, Spanish, and English at Theodore Roosevelt High School in Wyandotte, MI, for 38 years. After retirement, she worked as an adjunct professor of languages at Henry Ford Community College. She also served as a Eucharistic Minister to people in Henry Ford Hospital in Wyandotte, Trenton Towers Co-op Senior Apartments in Trenton, and Rivergate Nursing Home in Riverview until she was in her early 90s. Alice was a loving and devoted wife and aunt. She is survived by Joseph, her husband of almost 61 years, her sister, Sr. Theresa Jodocy, OSB, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Peter and Clemence [Nizette] Jodocy, her uncle Msgr. Mathias Jodocy, as well as brothers Fr. Mathias, Marcel, and Giles Jodocy and sisters Louise “Mim” Carlson and Monica Jodocy. A wake will be held Friday, September 24, at The Trenton Chapel- Martenson Family of Funeral Homes, 3200 West Rd. from 4 PM to 9 PM, with a Rosary at 6 PM. A half-hour viewing will be held at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Trenton, MI, on Saturday, September 25 at 9:30 AM, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 AM. Following another Funeral Mass at St. Joseph’s in Perkins, MI, (Upper Peninsula, 5803 M-35, Perkins, MI 49872) on Tuesday, September 28th, 2021, at 10:00 AM, she will be interred in Holy Cross Cemetery in Marquette, MI. Alice was an enthusiastic supporter of St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, and the family requests that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to St Jude’s in her memory.