Alice Mae Roch

Alice Mae Hasken was born in Galena, Illinois, on March 9, 1935. She lived on a farm near Galena and went to a small country school. In 1948, her parents moved to a resort near Longville, Minnesota. She helped out at the resort and worked part-time at a café after school. After she graduated from Longville High School on May 27, 1953, she attended St. Anthony Hospital School of Nurses in Rockford, Illinois, and graduated on March 10 in 1956. Alice married James Cook on October 22, 1960, and they had two children Mark born June 3, 1961, and Cheryl born June 22, 1970. She divorced and married Joseph Roch on October 14, 1977 to 1981. She was then able to find happiness again when she married Leonce Le Blanc on December 2, 2008.
During her marriage with Leonce she traveled to the following places: Hawaii, South America, Panama, Alaska, the Mexican Rivera, Canada, the Caribbean, Scotland, England, Ireland, Paris, London, and Disney World.
Alice was a nurse in the Denver area for 41 years in the following places;
1962-1972 Beth Israel Hospital Assistant Director of Nurses
1972 to 1973 St Paul Nursing Home 3 to 11 supervisor
1973 to 1977 Aspen West Nursing Home Staff Supervisor
1978 to 1986 Beth Israel Hospital Medical Surgical Floor 3 to 11 supervisor
1986 to 1987 Christopher House Nursing Home part-time supervisor
1987 to 1995 Mercy Hospital Staff Nurse on Oncology Ward
1995 to 1997 1st floor cardiac nurse
She is survived by her brother Raymond Hasken who lives in Oregon, and sister Shirley Carpenter who lives in Minnesota. Her Children Mark Cook and wife Sherrie, daughter Cheryl Weishaar and husband Ted and 5 grandchildren: Angela and Kyle Weishaar, Brandon, Jordan, and Nicole Chapman.

Memorial Service October 20, 2012 at 1:00pm
North Highland Presbyterian Church
Church 2945 Julian Street (at West 29th Avenue)
Denver, CO 80211

Here is a Poem Chosen by Alice that she wanted to share.
He starts with: by Anonymous
To be ill is to sit on your Father's Knee. To be troubled is to feel the Father's embrace. To be in distress is to hear the throb of the Father's heart.
The love of God is just as tender and affectionate, persevering and patient, sympathizing and understands…as that of a mother or father. You are a child. You are in need of comfort. And that comfort you will get. Like a loving father, God Himself bends down to you and of lifts you up on His knee. On God's knee you will find rest. Here you are to relax, to lay aside everything this is burdening your mind, to forget all your troubles and to rest safe and secure in the Presence of God. Don't let your work with its demands and duties destroy your peace any longer. Throw yourself onto the bosom of your Heavenly Father and let His arms embrace you. If you lie still, you will hear the throbbing of His heart. In the whole world no heart is beating for you so tenderly as the heart of God. Every throb echoes the abundance of His love.
Be quiet. Listen. Feel the loving arms of God and listen to His heart beating for you."

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