Alice R. Gill

Alice Roberta Gill, age 81, died peacefully on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. She is preceded in death by her parents, Louis J. and Roberta Walsh Gill, and her sister, Mary Ann Buck Dixon. Loving sister to Patricia Gill, beloved aunt of Mary Alyce (Alan) Blum, Carl (Kathryn) Buck and Roberta (Michael) Kavanaugh and great aunt to Katherine, James, Grace, and Maggie. Alice graduated from Rosary College (now Dominican University). She left the cold winters of Chicago for Monterey, California, after the blizzard of 1967 and built a wonderful life there. After teaching 4th grade for several years, she followed her heart and love of art to become a professional picture framer. She opened her own shop, first in Monterey and then in Carmel Valley. Galleries up and down the coast entrusted Alice to perfectly frame works by Chip Hooper, the Ansel Adams Foundation, the Weston Gallery, among many, many others. Alice had a keen intellect, was a voracious reader and was always curious and eager to learn new skills. She created beautiful calligraphy, studied bookbinding and a myriad of other artistic endeavors. She loved hiking and enjoyed hours in the beautiful outdoors of northern California. She generously gave her time and talents, volunteering for the Carmel Valley Library and serving as a docent at the Monterey Museum of Art. Alice cherished those friends and loved ones who became her California family. Alice accomplished much in her life and will be greatly missed by those she leaves behind. A private memorial celebration will be held for the family. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Alice made be made to: The Thomas E. Sullivan Scholarship Gift Fund, c/o Fidelity Charitable Investments, 920 Euclid Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302 or American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), https://www.aspca.org/ Arrangements by Overman-Jones Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Plainfield, IL. For more information please call (815) 436-9221 or visit www.overman-jones.com