Alice E. (von Storch) Worman

Alice E. (von Storch) Worman , 94, of Mentor passed away January 11, 2016 at University Hospital, Cleveland. Alice was born September 10, 1921, in Yonkers, New York, where she was the much loved youngest child growing up in a large house occupied by several generations of her extended family. After graduating high school she attended Barnard and then Mount Union College from which she graduated in 1943 with a degree in chemistry. After graduation, she joined the war effort by enlisting in the Women's Army Corp where, as a First Lieutenant she worked at the Pentagon in military intelligence, decoding Japanese and German documents--a task which included working on the Enigma Machine. After the war, her adventurous spirit led her to lead exciting bicycle trips across the Canadian Rockies and Western Europe. She returned to school, earning her Masters degree in Christian Education from Union Theological Seminary of Columbia University. Then she moved back to Ohio to work as the director of Christian Education first at Willoughby Methodist Church and then at Christ Episcopal Church in Shaker Heights. It was in that role that she met her future husband, Bill Worman, the rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in East Cleveland. They were married March 27, 1951 and went on to raise four daughters in Mentor, where Bill was the founding rector of St. Andrew Episcopal Church and where, after earning her teaching license, Alice taught 9th grade earth science at Willowick Junior High School. In their middle years, Alice and Bill took up skiing, sailing, and scuba diving while also exploring different parts of the world. After the death of her dear husband in 1987, Alice continued skiing and traveling, in the end, visiting 5 different continents, including Antarctica. She also brought her grandchildren along on intergenerational Elderhostel trips where she impressed them by usually being the only grandparent who would join in the rappelling down cliffs and crawling through caves. In her 90th year, she tried zip-lining and white water rafting in Colorado and has continued to swim, cycle, study, and take regular walks with her dog at the Holden Arboretum. She even climbed Holden's new Emergent Tower this past fall. She continued as an active member of St. Andrew Episcopal Church and enjoyed swimming with a special group of friends at the YMCA. Alice touched people wherever she went with her energy and adventurous spirit, her intelligence and wisdom, her warmth and caring, her love and faith. Though she will be sorely missed by her friends and family, we know that she is off on a new adventure and dancing with her beloved. Survivors include her children Mary Ellen (Frank) Fecser, Margaret “Meg” (William) Nemeth and Carol Worman; grandchildren Katherine (Ted) Clark, William Fecser, Sarah (Fiancé Michael Marein) Fecser, Jennifer (Greg) Paulus, Christopher (Fiancée April Burczyk) Nemeth, Daniel Nemeth and Stephanie Nemeth and her great grandchildren Jackson and Cassandra. In addition to her husband she is preceded in death by her daughter Barbara Worman and her sister Carol Kittell. A Celebration of Alice’s life will be held 11 a.m. Monday at St. Andrew Episcopal Church, 7989 Little Mountain Rd., Mentor. The family will receive friends from 1-6 p.m. Sunday at the Brunner Sanden Deitrick Funeral Home & Cremation Center 8466 Mentor Ave., Mentor. Interment will be in Mentor Cemetery. The family requests contributions be made in memory of Alice Worman to St. Andrew Episcopal Church. Send flowers and offer condolences at www.brunners.com

Alice E. (von Storch) Worman

September 10, 1921 - January 11, 2016