Alice Anne (Haggerty) Mulvihill (88) passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 28, 2018 at St. Marys Hospital following an unexpected illness, surrounded by family.

She was born in Rochester, Minnesota to Allen and Alice (Hall) Haggerty on April 14, 1929. She graduated from Lourdes High School and St. Marys LPN School of Nursing. She worked as a nurse at the Mayo Clinic and Assisi Heights Infirmary as one of the nurses called in to care for sisters. She cared for a polio patient on the "iron lung" machine, on a respirator and on a rocking bed before the vaccine came about.

On September 29, 1951, she married Carl J. Mulvihill at St. Francis Church and celebrated 66 years of marriage together! She was a charter member there and later as well at St. Pius Church, both of Rochester. Together they had four children.

She enjoyed many activities including singing, church service groups, camping, golf, cards, dancing and music of all types. The annual family summer vacation was to Leech Lake fishing with relatives. They wintered in Arizona for 23 years.

Alice is survived by her husband, Carl; brother, Denis (Cathy) Haggerty; sons, Joseph (Pam) Mulvihill of Andover, MN, Daniel (Mary) Mulvihill of Rochester, MN, Douglas Mulvihill of Dallas, TX; daughter, Anne (Doug) Fingerson of Rochester, MN; 16 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and in-laws, Sharon (Larry) Anderson and Peg Haggerty. She was one of eight children and preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Richard, Larry, Joseph and David; and sisters, Phyllis Riley and Helen Sell.

A Funeral Mass for Alice will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, February 2, 2018 at St. Pius X Catholic Church in Rochester, MN with Rev. Russell Scepaniak officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the Mass at the church on Friday. Burial at Calvary Cemetery will follow lunch.

Memorials are preferred to St Pius Parish or Lourdes Foundation.