Alice Papion Garcia

ALICE PAPION GARCIA (LISHA) OF GOSHEN, CALIFORNIA PASSED AWAY ON OCTOBER, 14, 2021 AT THE AGE OF 79. SHE WAS REUNITED IN HEAVEN WITH THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, HER HUSBAND OF 55 YEARS BENITO GARCIA. ALICE WAS BORN IN CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1942 TO NIEVES PAPION SR AND MANUELA PAPION. ALICE SPENT HER EARLY YEARS IN NEW MEXICO AND ATTENDED OTIS SCHOOL IN CARLSBAD UNTIL HER BROTHER NIEVES JR MOVED THE ENTIRE FAMILY TO CALIFORNIA WHERE THEY LATER SETTLED IN GOSHEN. SHE ATTENDED REDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL FOR A BRIEF TIME BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO MT. WHITNEY HIGH SCHOOL. SHE ATTENDED SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY COLLEGE AND COLLLEGE OF THE SEQUOIAS WHERE SHE WOULD MAJOR IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. ALICE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE TULARE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION AS A PRE-SCHOOL TEACHER AT THE TRAVER CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER FOR SEVERAL YEARS UNTIL HER RETIREMENT. SHE LOVED TEACHING AND GAVE IT HER ALL. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF MT. ZION CHURCH IN GOSHEN FOR 48 YEARS; SHE LOVED THE LORD AND LOVED GOING TO CHURCH. ALICE AND BENITO WERE MARRIED ON DECEMBER 30, 1960 UNTIL HIS DEATH ON JANUARY 30, 2016. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, HER PARENTS AND SIBLINGS NIEVES PAPION JR, JIMMY RUIZ, CECELIA RUIZ AND AN INFANT BROTHER OMAR. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER CHILDREN DAE GARCIA, CORRINA MCENANEY (JOE), BENNY P. GARCIA JR AND SONDRA GARCIA HER GRANDCHILDREN; ALEXIS, MICHAEL, FRANKIE, ALYSSA, ADAM, JOSIAH, ACE, AZARIAH AND GREAT- GRANDAUGHTER ADELYNE HER SIBLINGS; SAMMY PAPION, RUBEN PAPION, JOE RUIZ, LEONARD DE LA ROSA, ADELA MENDEZ, LOUISA HERNANDEZ, NANCY BARKER, MELDA CERVANTEZ, DIANA RUIZ, AND MARIAELENA DE LA ROSA. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER AUNT DORA COTA OF NEW MEXICO AND NUMEROUS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. ALICE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED AND HER MEMORY WILL BE CHERISHED BY ALL WHO KNEW AND LOVED HER.