{"id":142,"date":"2014-01-27T18:11:51","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T18:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.alfiers.com\/?page_id=142"},"modified":"2023-12-25T23:30:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T23:30:36","slug":"aspacia-alice-maria-alfieris","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.alfiers.com\/?page_id=142","title":{"rendered":"Aspacia (Alice) Maria Alfieris 1910-1965"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aspacia (Alice) was born in Oakland, California on August 1, 1910, the fourth child of John and Maria Alfieris. \u00a0She attended school in Oakland until the 8th grade. \u00a0During her childhood, she exhibited\u00a0a jovial, bright, upbeat personality, and it stayed bright most of her adult life. \u00a0She possessed multiple artistic talents. \u00a0She was an expert seamstress, designing and creating\u00a0all kinds of attire, wedding dresses, toys, household and Christmas decorations, ring-bearer pillows, and so much more.<\/p>\n

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A photo from the 1916 Albany Grape Festival. \u00a0From left to right, Gus, Harry, Alice \u00a0 , Maria (Angie in front of her) Florence, and Lula.<\/p>\n

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Alice is pictured here (on the right) in 1917 with her older sister, Lula, in West Oakland.<\/p>\n

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She married Harry Golfes in 1928 when she was 18. \u00a0Harry had immigrated to Oakland from Greece. \u00a0They remained married all their lives.\"1934Alice&Family\"<\/a> She and Harry had had two children, John (1931-2000), and Argery (1929-)<\/p>\n

Harry operated a barbershop on E. 12th<\/sup> Street in Oakland. \u00a0Most of the males of the Alfieris family had their haircuts in that shop which was filled with a heavy scent of hair oil and shaving cream. \u00a0Harry supported his family through this business. \u00a0Alice never worked outside the home.\u00a0 But she was extremely active\u00a0 in events and organizations within the Greek church community and enjoyed a rich social life.<\/p>\n

\"MyBeachAunts\"<\/a>Four sisters with their lifelong friends in the 1940, (L-R) Lula, Tina Vlahandreas, Evangelia, Tula Christopoulos, Alice, and Efrosini<\/p>\n

\"YPgirls\"<\/a> Alice, Lula, Florence, and Angie pose in this 1952 picture taken during a Bon Voyage party for their parents’ trip to Kythera.<\/p>\n

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Aspacia (Alice) was born in Oakland, California on August 1, 1910, the fourth child of John and Maria Alfieris. \u00a0She attended school in Oakland until the 8th grade. \u00a0During her childhood, she exhibited\u00a0a jovial, bright, upbeat personality, and it stayed bright most of her adult life. \u00a0She possessed multiple artistic talents. \u00a0She was an expert … [Read more…]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["entry","page","publish","author-kstathis","post-142"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alfiers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alfiers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alfiers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alfiers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alfiers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.alfiers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":342,"href":"https:\/\/www.alfiers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/142\/revisions\/342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alfiers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}