R. Normand Alie died on June 21, 2016 at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Dover, New Hampshire, after a period of declining health. Born on December 9, 1921, in Dover, he was the son of Albert E. and Paula A. (Spenard) Alie. He attended Dover schools, the University of New Hampshire, Bowman Technical School, and the Gemological Institute of America.. He played semi-pro football while in school in Lancaster, PA, was an avid golfer and tennis player, a lifelong spectator sports enthusiast, and, for many years, a UNH Men’s Hockey season’s ticket holder. Alie served in the U.S. Army Air Force in the Pacific Theatre during WWII. Following the war, and after further schooling, he joined his father and brother, Leo, in the family retail jewelry business, serving as president from the time of his father’s death in 1968 until his retirement in 2002. Alie was a gemologist, jewelry designer, bench jeweler, watchmaker, hand engraver, Certified Gemologist, and Registered Jeweler with the American Gem Society. He served as Director of the Jewelers of America, president of the NH Retail Jewelers Association, president of the Diamond Peacock Club (Boston), and was a member of the Boston Jewelers’ Club, and the New England Guild. He was also a past president of the Dover, New Hampshire Chamber of Commerce, served on the Rochester and Portsmouth, NH Chambers Board of Directors, as well as past chair of the Dover Planning Board and past chair of the Federal Savings Bank Board of Directors. He married A. Bernardine O’Kane in 1946, and together they raised seven children before her death in 1988. He married Catherine Lynch in 1999 and is also survived by five daughters, two sons, two stepdaughters, one stepson, one brother, 19 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews, and several cousins. In addition to his parents, he is predeceased by brothers Robert and Leo Alie, son-in-law John McMaster, and Patricia Lynch Flynn. Additional details can be viewed on the website of Wiggin-Purdy-McCooey-Dion Funeral Home, Dover, NH at purdyfuneralservice.com.
R. Normand Alie died on June 21, 2016 at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Dover, New Hampshire, after a period of declining health. Born on December 9, 1921, in Dover, he was the son of Albert E. and Paula A. (Spenard) Alie. He attended Dover schools, the University of New Hampshire, Bowman Technical School, and the Gemological Institute of America.. He played semi-pro football while in school in Lancaster, PA, was an avid golfer and tennis player, a lifelong spectator sports enthusiast, and, for many years, a UNH Men’s Hockey season’s ticket holder. Alie served in the U.S. Army Air Force in the Pacific Theatre during WWII. Following the war, and after further schooling, he joined his father and brother, Leo, in the family retail jewelry business, serving as president from the time of his father’s death in 1968 until his retirement in 2002. Alie was a gemologist, jewelry designer, bench jeweler, watchmaker, hand engraver, Certified Gemologist, and Registered Jeweler with the American Gem Society. He served as Director of the Jewelers of America, president of the NH Retail Jewelers Association, president of the Diamond Peacock Club (Boston), and was a member of the Boston Jewelers’ Club, and the New England Guild. He was also a past president of the Dover, New Hampshire Chamber of Commerce, served on the Rochester and Portsmouth, NH Chambers Board of Directors, as well as past chair of the Dover Planning Board and past chair of the Federal Savings Bank Board of Directors. He married A. Bernardine O’Kane in 1946, and together they raised seven children before her death in 1988. He married Catherine Lynch in 1999 and is also survived by five daughters, two sons, two stepdaughters, one stepson, one brother, 19 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews, and several cousins. In addition to his parents, he is predeceased by brothers Robert and Leo Alie, son-in-law John McMaster, and Patricia Lynch Flynn. Additional details can be viewed on the website of Wiggin-Purdy-McCooey-Dion Funeral Home, Dover, NH at purdyfuneralservice.com.
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