Alice Newton Pyle

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Oct. 2, 1922 – Nov. 9, 2016

Alice Newton Pyle
Alice Newton Pyle

Alice Newton Pyle passed away peacefully at her Laguna Beach home surrounded by family and loved ones following a stroke. She was 94.

Alley- as she was referred to by all her friends- was the youngest of three children and the only girl. She was born and raised in Corona, Calif., and graduated from UC Santa Barbara. As a young girl, Alley’s parents built the first family vacation home in Newport Beach, the beginning of her life long love for the beach. Unfortunately, her mother passed away a few years later and the house was sold.

Although Pyle raised her sons in Arcadia and was determined that they would finish school there, her love affair continued in Laguna at a new family beach house her father built in the ‘60s. The family spent every weekend, holiday and summer there and upon her boys’ graduation in 1969, the family moved full time to Laguna Beach.

Over the next 40 years, Pyle was a fixture at Woods Cove where she had her favorite place to set her towel and chair until it became too difficult for her to navigate the steps down to the beach. She lived an independent and active life. An avid walker, Pyle was still walking and keeping an eye on her neighborhood until recently. She also loved to play bridge, work in her yard and sit in her sunny living room or patio.

Pyle will be remembered by those who hold her dear for her enduring love for the beach and her family and friends, her sharp mind, strong will and stubbornness. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend and is survived by her two sons, Gordon and Don; her daughters-in-law Kathleen and Judy; three grand children, Marisa, Taylor (her husband Kevin), and Ryland (his wife Amanda); and three great grandchildren, Ayla, Kaylen and Bryn.

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