Frances L. Alger, 80


Frances Louise Alger, 80, of Elkton, died Saturday morning, Dec. 18, 2010, in the Rockingham Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient.

She was born Oct. 11, 1930, in Page County and was a daughter of the late Humie and Pauline Housden Kite.

She attended the Apostolic House of Praise and was a homemaker and a helper on the family farm.

On May 28, 1948, she married Woodrow W. Alger Sr., who died Nov. 9, 2002.

She is survived by two sons, Woodrow W. Alger Jr. of Penn Laird, and Randall Lee Alger of Mount Crawford; one sister, Alda Powell of Elkton; three brothers, Nelson Kite of Elkton, Humie "Junior" Kite Jr. of Broadway, and Orville Kite of Stanley. Five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren also survive.

Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010, at 11 a.m. in the First Apostolic Church of Grottoes by the Revs. Samuel Bounds and John Bower. Interment will be in the Port Republic Mutual Cemetery. Mrs. Alger will be moved to the First Apostolic Church of Grottoes from the Kyger-Pence Funeral Home of McGaheysville Monday afternoon, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Apostolic House of Praise, P.O. Box 115, Penn Laird, VA 22846.