Alice Marie Wicker Dinkins

Rock Stream: Alice Marie Wicker Dinkins, age 79, of Rock Stream, NY passed away in the comfort of her home on Monday April 9, 2018.

Friends are invited to calling hours from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Thursday (Apr. 12) at the Baird Funeral Home, 36 Water Street, Dundee; where her funeral services will be held at the conclusion of visitation at 7:00 pm with Rev. Marilyn Wood officiating. Burial will be in Bath National Cemetery, Bath, NY.

Alice was born April 25, 1938 in Thurston, NY, the daughter of the late Ernest and Marguerite {Wood} Wicker. On January 17, 1959 in the Dundee United Methodist Church she married the late John E. Dinkins Sr. who passed away on August 17, 1999. Alice retired from Morris Chain Borg-Warner, of Ithaca, NY in 1994.

Mrs. Dinkins was a long time member of the Dundee United Methodist Church and choir; as well as the Montour Falls Order of the Eastern Star, and a former chaperone of the Squires & Pages Drum & Bugle Corp. In her spare time she enjoyed needle point and coloring.

She is survived by 2 sons, Michael J. (Liz) Dinkins with whom she made her home, Marshiel A. (Pamela) Dinkins of Montour Falls; 2 daughters Michele K. (Michael) Cole of Watkins Glen, Marjorie E. (Michael) Tweedale of Bedford, Indiana; 7 grandchildren; 8 great grandchildren; a brother Floyd (Helen) Wicker Sr. of Dundee; several nieces and nephews.

Besides her husband and parents, she was predeceased by a step son John E. "Jake" Dinkins Jr. on December 4, 2006.

Online condolences can be sent by visiting www.bairdfuneralhomedundee.com.