DRACUT - Alice (Kokinacis) Graham, age 90, a longtime Dracut resident, loving and devoted mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and sister, died Wednesday February 11th, surrounded by her family. She was the wife of the late Alexander Graham, who died in 1968.
She was born in Lowell on July 4, 1918, and was the daughter of the late Soterios and Eugenia (Zis) Kokinacis. She attended Lowell schools and was a graduate of Lowell High School.
For many years, Alice worked at her families' restaurant, Nick's Happy Hour in Tyngsboro.
Mrs. Graham enjoyed weekly Bingo games with the girls and also hosted many all night card games for her sisters, brothers-in-law and Kitty and Harry. Mrs. Graham cherished time spent in the company of her family and always enjoyed cooking for them from her Greek heritage, especially at Easter where she perfected the art of coloring the red eggs for Greek Easter, making a perfect 25 dozen every year. She immensely enjoyed baby-sitting for her large extended family but it was on a first call first served basis.
She was a lifelong member of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Lowell.
She is survived by five sons; Stephen Graham and his wife Sheila of Dracut, Andrew Graham and his wife Sandra of Dracut, Alexander Graham of New Ipswich, NH, George Graham and his wife Grace of Dracut, and James Graham and his wife Linda of Lowell, and one daughter; Stella Rand and her husband D. Michael of New Ipswich, NH. She was the beloved "Yia Yia" to seventeen grandchildren; Darrah Graham, Eric Graham and his wife Jill, Jason Graham and his wife Kathleen, Tina Sheahan and her husband Tim, Andrew A. Graham, Tiffany Gschwind and her husband Jason, Kristen Graham, Katelyn Graham, Alexis Florence and her husband John, Zachary Graham, Anastasia Graham, Zyler Graham, Zoe Graham, Elizabeth Rand, Alexander Rand, Samuel Rand, and Abraham Rand; and three great grandchildren; Alice Graham, Julia Graham, and Noah Florence. She also leaves two sisters; Theodora Demogenes of Center Harbor, NH, and René Maib and her husband Jack of Dracut; two sisters-in-law; Stella Kokinacis of Chelmsford, and Patsy Kokinacis of CA; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Alice was predeceased by her granddaughter Alice Olivia Rand; eight brothers, George, Nicholas, Charles, Alexander, Harry, Pythagaros, Arthur, and Michael Kokinacis; five sisters, Kathleen Laurizio, Stella Contos, Pauline Petren, Helen Psareas and Sappho Kokinacis; and her dear cousins, Harry and Catherine Costopoulos.
Friends may call at the DRACUT FUNERAL HOME, 2159 Lakeview Avenue, on Monday from 4 until 8 PM. Her Funeral will be held from the funeral home on Tuesday at 9 AM, followed by her Funeral Service at 10 AM, at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church on Lewis St. in Lowell. Interment in Westlawn Cemetery in Lowell. For online condolences please use the icon below.