Nilda Rosa Alsip

Nilda Rosa Fernandez de Alsip - age 89; a native of San Juan, Puerto Rico and a longtime resident of Mobile, Alabama died Monday, June 1, 2020 at a local healthcare facility. Mrs. Alsip was a graduate of Academia Del Perpetuo Socorro in Santurce, Puerto Rico, and she received her BS degree in Psychology and Sociology from Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia. She worked for the Education Department and Chase Manhattan Bank in San Juan before her young family moved to Texas in 1956 and then to Mobile the following year. She worked at the American National Bank in Crichton for nine years before accepting a social worker’s position with the Alabama Department of Human Resources, where she worked in child welfare for many years and retired as a Welfare Supervisor after 25 years of service. She volunteered with the Malaga Society, the Sister City Society, the Spanish Speaking Society, Spring Hill College, and Springhill Medical Center. She was president of the McGill-Toolen Band Parents Association, leading the organization’s support of the band’s 1977 performances at the Vatican and throughout Italy. She was president of a Mobile Mystic Society and a longtime member of several other mystic societies. Mrs. Alsip was preceded in death by her parents, Antonio Fernandez and Ana Rosa Fernandez. Survivors include her husband, Thomas G. Alsip of Mobile; two sons, Dr. Steven (Mary Jo) Alsip of Mobile, and Dr. Jorge (Kathi) Alsip of Daphne, Alabama; five grandchildren, Dr. Kathryn Alsip Cook, of Land-O-Lakes, Florida, Dr. Rebecca Alsip of Greenville, South Carolina, Thomas J. (Cristina) Alsip of Stillwater, Oklahoma, Dr. Mary Katherine Alsip (Wyley) Shreves of Seattle, Washington, and Abigail Alsip (David) Roveda of Mobile; one great grandson, George David Roveda of Mobile, cousins, other relatives and many friends. A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated Friday, June 5, 2020 at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church with Reverend Monsignor James S. Kee as celebrant and Fr. Johnny Savoie and Fr. Marcin Dudziak as concelebrants. Following the funeral Mass a private family graveside service was held at Serenity Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Alabama Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, 2151 Highland Avenue South, Suite 210, Birmingham, AL 35205. Arrangements by Serenity Funeral Home, Mobile, Alabama.

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Nilda Rosa Alsip

November 11, 1930 - June 1, 2020