Alice L. Harte

Friday, Jun. 18, 2021

February 27, 1929 ~ May 31, 2021

On May 31, 2021, our loving mom, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend passed away surrounded by her children and grandchildren. The youngest of three children, Alice was born in Boston on February 27, 1929, to Joannes and Louise Jacobs, who emigrated from Belgium. 

Alice chose to join the Catholic Church at the age of 12.  She was a member of the St. Ambrose Altar Society, led a Brownie troop, participated in many volunteer activities at Catholic schools, sang in the choir, partnered with our dad to organize the school carnival, taught adult refugees how to read, taught adult Catechism and sewed layettes for less-privileged women in the community as a member of St. Martha’s Guild.

Alice graduated from high school at 16 and worked for a bank. Jimmy Harte married his beloved “Liske” June 16, 1951. They began their married life in Glen Oaks, Queens, New York, where Jim started his 40-year career in the aerospace and defense industry. His career would take them from New York to California to Utah, back to New York and finally, back to Salt Lake City. During their cross-country journeys, they had eight high-spirited children. 

Dad passed away suddenly on one of their trips to Hawaii in 2014. Mom was fortunate to find a fantastic new home at Sunrise in Holladay. She received amazing care from her care managers and nurses: Katrina, Ana, Todd, Chandra, Esther, Jodi, Ashley, Grace, Senovia, Sondra, Syna, Karen, Liliana and Kim, Annette and Chantelle from Summit Home Health and many others. 

Alice is survived by her children Anne, John (Shannon), Michael, James, Christine (Ron), Patricia, Claire (Mike), Maureen (David) and grandchildren Thomas (Kellie), Katherine, Timothy (Morgan), Rachel, Jillian, Matthew and Benjamin and great-grandsons, Patrick and Jack. Alice is also survived by her nephew, Eddie (Karyl); and nieces Dianne, Rosemary (Tom) and Carol (Dan). She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, sister Isabelle, brother Jules, sister-in-law Nancy and niece Pam.

Friends may call upon the family on June 25 at 6 p.m. at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, 1375 E. Spring Lane, Salt Lake City, where recitation of the Holy Rosary will begin at 7 p.m. A funeral Mass will be celebrated June 26 at 11 a.m. at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, After Mass, there will be a luncheon in the Benvegnu Center, followed by burial at Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery.