ALICE RUTH ORAM, age 90, of Adrian, died Thursday, January 28, 2025, at Lenawee Medical Care Facility. She was born May 1, 1934, in Adrian, to Earl S. and Ruth M. (Bradish) Fuller. Alice had been employed at Adrian College in the bookstore for 28 years. She was a member of the Toledo Eagles Ladies Auxiliary #197. Alice also volunteered for the Red Cross Bloodmobile, the Bixby Hospital Auxiliary, and she was a Camp Fire Girl Leader. She enjoyed crafting, especially knitting. Known as the “Christmas Sock Lady,” she knitted several hundred Christmas stockings.
Alice is survived by a son, John Oram and his wife Keri, of Adrian; two daughters, Kathryn Boyd, of Manitou Beach, and Carolyn (Phelps) Avers and her husband, Ron, of Pleasant Lake; a sister, Thelma Lee of Grand Rapids; six grandchildren, Sarah Phelps, Aaron (Shalane) Phelps, Emily Phelps, Amanda (Boyd) Ebbutt and her husband, Daniel, Dr. Ashley (Oram) Doney and her husband, Thomas, and Blake Oram; three great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, February 1, 2025, beginning at 10:00 am at Anderson Marry Funeral Home, Adrian followed by the funeral service at 12:00 pm. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Lenawee. Envelopes are available at Anderson Marry Funeral Home. Friends can express sympathies to the family online by visiting the tribute wall at www.andersonfuneralservices.com. Arrangements have been made with the guidance of Anderson-Marry Funeral Home.