Newbury, VT Alice Maude Emerson, 90, formerly of Swamp Road, died December 31, 2009, at the Grafton County Nursing Home, North Haverhill, NH. She was born in Newbury, April 30, 1919, a daughter of Lewis M. and Maude E. (McClintock) Meyette. A lifelong Newbury resident, she had been a resident at the Grafton County Home for the past two years. Alice enjoyed crafts such as quilting and handwork, along with gardening and painting. Alice was predeceased by her husband Ralph Waldo Emerson, Sr., on December 26, 1989, and her siblings Thelma Meyette, Alex, Lewis, Bill, John, and Kenneth Meyette. Survivors include her nine children Ralph Waldo Emerson, Jr. and wife Sharon of Newbury, Richard Emerson and wife Donna of Newbury, John Henry Emerson of Bradford, VT, George Emerson and wife Mary of Newbury, Frederick Emerson and wife Linda of Vershire, VT, Dorothy Greenwood of Hamilton, OH, Barbara Miller and husband Douglas of Bradford, Joan Hayward of East Corinth, VT and Ruth Demick and husband Larry of Newbury, 27 grandchildren, 49 great grandchildren, and 3 great great grandchildren, a brother Gilbert Meyette of Newbury, one niece, one nephew and cousins. There will be no calling hours. A funeral service will be on Monday, January 4, 2010, at 11 AM at Ricker Funeral Home, 1 Birch Street, Woodsville, NH, with Pastor George Hemway of the Trinity Church of the Nazarene, officiating. Spring burial will be in the Lime Kiln Cemetery, Newbury. Memorial contributions may be made to the Grafton County Nursing Home Alzheimer s Unit, 3855 Dartmouth College Highway, North Haverhill, NH 03774.