January 18, 2025

Alice Marie Lavitt

Alice Marie Lavitt, 95, of Sarasota, Florida, passed away on January 18, 2025. 

Alice was born in Kearny, New Jersey to John A. and Alice (nee O’Rourke) Callanan on December 6, 1929.  She graduated from Lady Cliff College, Highland Falls, New York, in 1950.  She worked as a chemist for Picatinny Arsenal, Rockway Township, New Jersey, and as assistant to the vice president for research at Apollo Technologies in East Hanover, New Jersey. 

Alice was an active volunteer at the Senior Friendship Center for many years after moving to Sarasota in 2000 from Succasunna, New Jersey.  She also was a member of the Women’s Club at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Sarasota, and the Catholic Daughters of America, Court No. 881, Wharton, New Jersey, where she held several offices. 

Alice was preceded in death by her parents, John Austin Callanan and Alice (nee O’Rourke) Callanan, her husband, Joseph William Lavitt, and her brother, Col. John A. Callanan.   

She is survived by her children, Michael O. Lavitt and his wife, Carol, Robert G. Lavitt and his wife, Cory, and Louise I. Lavitt; her grandchildren, Katherine M. Lavitt, Erin Lavitt and Erin’s husband Kadeem Boothe, Joseph Lavitt, Cassandra Lavitt, Kyle Lavitt; and her great-granddaughter, Cosima Boothe Lavitt. 

Viewing will be at the Davis & Hepplewhite Funeral Home, 96 Main St., Succasunna, New Jersey on Saturday, Feb. 1 from 9-10:30 a.m. with Mass of Christian Burial to follow at St. Theresa Roman Catholic Church, 151 Main St., Succasunna at 11 am. Interment will be private at a later date. 

A celebration of life will be held in Sarasota at a later date. 

Memorial contributions may be made to The Senior Friendship Center of Sarasota or St. Thomas More Catholic Church, Sarasota. 

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