Alice Joyce Haskett , 93, of San Jose, California and a native of Elwood, Indiana, passed away peacefully at Ambrosia Home on Dec. 9, 2023 after a brief illness.  She was born Dec. 12, 1929 in Elwood, to Cedric and Margaret Huntsinger.  The second of seven children, Alice grew up at 1400 North 9th Street in Elwood.  During the hard times of The Great Depression and World War II, Alice was raised in a loving home; well-provided and cared for by her mother and her father who had served in the Navy during World War I.  After graduation from Wendell L. Willkie High School in 1948, Alice moved to Indianapolis where she worked in several offices and attended classes in French, psychology, and English literature at Indiana University.

Relocating to California in 1960, Alice became a secretary for Guy F. Atkinson Construction Company in Palo Alto, California.  Alice married Graydon W. Haskett from Tipton, Indiana in 1962, and they enjoyed 60 years together before Graydon passed away on Dec. 21, 2022.  In 1971, Alice and Graydon welcomed a son, Henry Christopher Haskett.  A year later, they moved from their apartment in Sunnyvale and bought a home in San Jose.  Alice raised her son and also found time to sand and paint the inside and outside of their home at 1524 Keesling Avenue.

In 1978, Alice began her 42-year career working in the Research Compliance Office at Stanford University.  As the Human Subjects Coordinator in the Stanford School of Medicine, She was honored in 1995 with the O'Neill Award, Stanford's only formal faculty recognition of staff.  According to the Dec. 13, 1995 Stanford Report, "Haskett was singled out for years of helping guide faculty researchers through mazes of regulations and daunting piles of paperwork."  A nominating faculty member wrote that "it is inconceivable to me that anyone, staff member or otherwise, is more dedicated and/or could have contributed more than Mrs. Haskett in supporting the research effort involving human subjects at Stanford."

In 2020, Alice retired to care for her husband, Graydon, and to spend more time with her young grandchildren, Grace and James.  With her grandchildren, she loved playing hide and seek, picking oranges and tangerines, walking around the neighborhood, reading stories, and baking snickerdoodle cookies and pound cake.  As her grandchildren grew, Alice loved having them read stories to her, playing checkers, watching them dance, and listening to them play piano.  Alice loved being a grandmother.

Alice is survived by her son, Henry; daughter-in-law, Margaret; two beloved grandchildren, James and Grace; 4 siblings, Rex, Max, Pat Bryan, and Peggy Fouts; and many nieces and nephews.  Alice was predeceased by her parents, Cedric and Margaret; older sister, Joan; younger brother, Bob; and beloved husband, Graydon.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023 at Copher-Fesler-May Funeral Home in Elwood with Pastor Wynn Stenftenagel of the First United Methodist Church officiating.  Burial will follow in the Elwood City Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 12 pm to 1 pm prior to the funeral at the funeral home.  In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to an organization that Alice strongly supported and believed in - The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, at Stanford Children's Hospital.  Online condolences and memories may be shared at www.copherfeslermay.com.