Alyce Marie Moore Binzer Obituary (1928

Let Us Pause To Honor the Memory of Mrs. Alyce Marie Moore Binzer Mrs. Alyce Marie Moore Binzer, age 87, of Madison, Indiana entered this life on October 15, 1928 in Blytheville, Arkansas. She was the loving daughter of the late, Robert Dent, Sr. and Hazel Followwill Moore. The family moved to Hoxie, Arkansas in 1931 and she attended school there through fifth grade. The family then moved to Walnut Ridge, Arkansas and graduated from the sixth grade there as valedictorian. She graduated from Walnut Ridge High School in 1946 and was salutatorian of her class. Alyce loved to write and during high school she served as editor of the school paper known as "The Bobcat" she also worked at the local weekly newspaper which is called "The Times Dispatch" typing the news that was submitted by the small communities of Lawrence County, Arkansas. She received a full scholarship to the Baptist Hospital School of Nursing in Memphis, Tennessee and received her Registered Nurses License in 1949. She worked in Pre-Op Surgery at the hospital in 1953. Alyce met a young man in April 1953 and on December 12, 1953 she was united in marriage to Robert Dean Binzer at the First United Methodist Church in Walnut Ridge by Rev. R.E.L. Bearden, Jr. This happy union of sixty two years was blessed with two sons, James Robert and Charles Moore and a daughter, Martha Joyce. Alyce was affectionately known as "Tootsie" in her family. The family moved to Paducah, Kentucky in 1953 and she worked at Dr. Charles Harting's Medical Clinic. Bob worked with Sargent & Lundy as a field representative out of Chicago, Illinois so the family had to move a lot. So they moved many times having lived in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, Chicago, Fort Dodge, Iowa, Skokie, Illinois, Niagara Falls, New York, Lewiston, New York, Granville, Ohio, Vevay, Indiana, Rockville, Indiana, Vermillion, Ohio, Port Lavaca, Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas, Poynette Wisconsin, Victoria Texas and in 1980 they moved to Madison, Indiana. In 1970, after the children were in school she went back to work as a nurse until she retired in 1994 from King's Daughters' Hospital. Alyce stated she loved being a nurse so much she would have worked for nothing. She was a devoted wife, loving mother and grandmother. She enjoyed being with her family, singing and playing the piano. Alyce and Bob have always been very active in their church, especially at Trinity United Methodist Church in downtown Madison. She enjoyed visiting members when they were sick as well as sending cards and stuff animals to them in the hospital. They went on many mission trips to Bosnia, China, Latvia, New Mexico and the Carolina's. Alyce will be remembered for her smile, kind heart and twinkle in her eyes. Alyce died on Wednesday, December 23, 2015, at 8:09 p.m. at her home in Madison, Indiana surrounded by her family. Click Here for Funeral Service or Tribute Video A LOVING FAMILY Alyce will be missed by her loving husband of sixty two years, Robert "Bob" Dean Binzer of Madison, Indiana; her loving sons, James Robert "Jim" Binzer and his wife, Jaima of Birmingham, Alabama, Charles Moore "Chip" Binzer and his wife, Stephanie Kemp of Madison, Indiana; her loving daughter, Martha Joyce "Cookie" Binzer Talley and her husband, Pat of Louisville, Kentucky; her step daughter, Rainy Horvath and her husband, John of Scarsdale, New York; her beloved grandchildren, Jason, Alicia, Jon, Mercedes, Catherine, Jacob, Matthew, Aiden, Nick, Courtney and Conner; her adoring great grandchildren, Donovan, Jase Bradley, Cora Alyce and Esley Ann; her loving sisters, Jeannie Smith of Hoxie, Arkansas, Jimmye Long of Jonesboro, Arkansas; her brothers in law, Solomon Vaughn Binzer and his wife, Pat of Las Vegas, Nevada, Rollin Binzer and his wife, Valerie of Los Angeles, California; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Dent, Sr. and Hazel Followwill Moore, her granddaughter, Amy Michelle Richmond, died 1993, her sisters, Juanita "Nita" Allen & Helen "Tynse" Bassett, her brother, Robert "Buddy" Moore, her son in law, David Alan Richmond, died April 14, 2011. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, December 30, 2015, at 1:00 p.m., by Rev. Dennis Ingle at the Trinity United Methodist Church, 412 West Main Street in downtown Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 1415 North Gate Road in Madison, Indiana. VISITATION Friends may call Tuesday from 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive Madison, Indiana and Wednesday from 12:00 Noon until the time of service at the Trinity United Methodist Church, 412 West Main Street in downtown Madison, Indiana. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the Trinity United Methodist Church in Madison, Indiana or the Lost Sheep Ministries in Louisville, Kentucky or the Madison-Jefferson County Animal Shelter in Madison, Indiana or the Ulster Project. Cards are available at the funeral home and the church.