ULYSSES – Alice Frey, 92, died Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses.
She was born Aug. 10, 1933 to Otto and Lettie (Jeffrey) Frey.
She graduated from Elmdale Rural High School in 1951. She went on to attend Kansas State College to become a home demonstration agent.
She received several career awards along with receiving the Nationally Recognized Service Award from the National Association for Extension Home Economists. She later returned to Kansas State University where she earned her master’s degree. During her career, she played a valuable role in the rural area, teaching many classes to adults and children, taking children to 4-H camps and meetings, helping them learn parliamentary procedure.
She dedicated 40 years of her career to the Cooperative Extension Service, serving as a home economist in Bourbon, Clay, and Grant counties before retiring in Grant County in 1995.
She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Organization, the Kansas Association of Family and Community Education, Women of Purpose, and Business and Professional Women. Her commitment to her beloved community garnered her notable awards, including the 2019 Random Acts of Kindness Winner and 2010 Citizen of the Year.
Survivors include her nieces and nephew, Janet Cantwell and husband, Chuck, Jay Frey and wife, Stephanie, and Nancy Jarecki and husband, Andrew; great-nieces: Julie, Ellen and Jeremy Louise; great-nephews: Thomas, Maxson, and Jasper, and many friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Royce Frey; sister, Beulah Haver; and brother and sister-in-law, J.M. and Louise Frey.
• Memorial services will take place at a later date.
Memorials are suggested to the First United Methodist Church or Ulysses 4-H Council in care of Garnand Funeral Home, 405 W. Grant Ave, Ulysses, KS 67880.
Condolences may be left at www.garnandfuneralhomes.com.
