Arlene Albert, 87, Vero Beach
Arlene Albert, 87, of Vero Beach, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday March 18, 2020. She was born in Limestone and raised in Holton, Maine, to parents Edmund and Laura (Bourgoine) Albert.
Arlene is survived by six sisters, Leona, Irene, Pauline, Ruth, Rita, Nan and two brothers Ralph, Rueben; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, Freeman, Kenneth and Gary.
At a young age of 22, she moved to Providence, R.I., was soon followed a younger sister. When she was 24, a friend and Arlene were on the Queen Mary heading for Great Britain, which began her love for traveling. And, at 26 she found herself with friends in Colorado Springs, Colo. They all fell in love with Colorado and found jobs.
Several years passed and she came back to Providence, R.I., and started a new career at Citizens Bank for 27 great years until she retired in 1995.
Arlene had a God gift of love that attracted people who became close knit friends that continued throughout her life.
Arlene was extremely close to her siblings. She had much love for her siblings and friends that she could talk no matter what the subject was for hours, joking, laughing, sometimes like a teenager.
Arlene was a very religious person. During her retirement she volunteered at a religious store where I met her. Her faith also took her to the Eucharistic Adoration Chapel two or three times a week in West Warwick, R.I. Because of her Catholic upbringing, Arlene’s faith brought her to Medjugorje not once or twice but three times, at St. John of the Cross, Vero Beach.
She had that gift that attracted parishioners to her. She would always listen and console them with her gentle smile.
Arlene loved to travel – flights to Cancun, Hawaii, etc., and cruises to the Bahamas, St. Thomas, Virgin Isles – and places too numerous to mention.
Arlene loved art, and took lessons at RISD College. She also took up woodburning and I must say a great artist at woodburning. She also loved playing cards with her siblings and friends.
Then came bingo (twice a week) with her good friend Ann. And what girl doesn’t like to go girl shopping. Her response “Don’t come with me, it’s my time.”
Arlene loved all kinds of music, though her music was western country music and gospel music. In Tennessee, Arlene loved being at the Ryman Grand Ole Opry. She also did go to the New Grand Ole Opry.
While living in Vero Beach, FL, she was a “Pink Lady” volunteer at the Indian River Cleveland Clinic Hospital for several years until her dialysis.
Arlene was a dialysis patient for three years. She had a great positive spirit about her. She always came out with her great smile and when leaving wished all dialysis patients waiting a good day and always “God Bless.”
Looking back there’s a song called “Remember Me.” There’s a few lines in the song that I would like to write here.
Remember me when flowers bloom
Early in the spring
Remember me on sunny days in the
Fun that summer brings
Remember me in the fall as you walk
Thru the leaves of gold and
Remember me in the winter time
In the stories that are told
But most of all remember each day
Right from the start
I will be forever near
For I live within your heart
“Love you always”
Relatives and friends will be invited to a memorial and a Celebrations of Life at a future date at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Cranston, R.I., with interment in St. Ann’s Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her honor to:
National Kidney Foundation
30 East 33rd Street
New York, NY 10016
Or
Fresenius Medical Care Foundation
PO Box 789236
Philadelphia, PA 19178-9236