Aug. 12, 1945 — June 14, 2025
Mary Alice Sweeney, 79, a longtime resident of Spirit Lake, died Saturday, June 14, 2025, in the care facility where she had lived for the previous decade, Daybrook Village Nursing Home of Holyoke, Mass..
Sweeney was predeceased by her parents, George and Mary Single, formerly of Spirit Lake; her older brother, Richard Single, her husband Dennis Sweeney, and two infant boys who died hours after their births in 1968 and 1969.
She is survived by her younger sister, Debra Jonas of Washington, Mich., her sister-in-law Michelle (Micky) Single of Greenville, S.C., six nieces and nephews, and her daughter, Renee M. Sweeney and daughter-in-law Lanette D. Sweeney of South Hadley, Mass.
Sweeney worked as a Walmart cashier in Spirit Lake for many years until her retirement in the early 2010s. At her request, she was cremated and asked that no services be held in her memory.