Mary Alice Amison

Funeral services for Mary Alice Amison, 80, Sandusky, were Saturday, July 19, 2008, in Porter’s Memorial C.M.E.Church, Sandusky. Burial was in Meadow Green Memorial Park, Huron. Mrs. Amison died Wednesday, July 16, 2008, at the Providence Care Center in Sandusky.She was born April 26, 1928, in Berclair, Miss., the daughter of Lt. Bledsoe and Adeline Foster Lear. She attended school in the LeFlore County school system. She moved to Sandusky in 1952. Mrs. Amison worked at Providence Hospital in Sandusky and retired in 1990. She was a founding member of Porter’s Memorial C.M.E. Church, where she sang in the choir and was on the Stewardess Board.She married Willie Amison. He survives, of the home.Other survivors include three daughters, Kathy Amison and Vera Graves, both of Sandusky, and Cynthia Bernard, Memphis, Tenn.; three sons, Newist Bledsoe, Chicago, Willie Amison, Lawrence, Kan., and Isavelt “Ike” Amison, Lorain; 11 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.The family suggests memorials to the Providence Fund, 2023 Hayes Ave., Sandusky, OH 44870, or to Porter’s Memorial C.M.E. Church, 1722 Thir St., Sandusky, OH 44870.The Toft Funeral Home & Crematory in Sandusky is handling the arrangements. Online condolences may be sent at www.toftfh.com.