Alice Dew Hallberg, a resident of Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury in Irvington, died June 25, 2012.

She was born in Spotsylvania County on Sept. 13, 1915, to the late Dr. Thomas Welsh Dew and Alice Augusta Dew.

Mrs. Hallberg graduated from Mary Washington College and received her master's degree from George Washington University. She taught in Virginia public and private schools and was serving as an elementary supervisor in the Spotsylvania schools at the time of her retirement in 1978. She was a member of the National Education Association and the Virginia Education Association and other elementary school organizations.

She was a member of the Fredericksburg Literary Club, the National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Washington Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Christ Church Association. She was a lifetime member of Fredericksburg Baptist Church.

Mrs. Hallberg was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Leander Hallberg. She is survived by three stepchildren, Mrs. Gunter Schlicht of Orinda, Calif., Richard L. Hallberg Jr. of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Christopher Moen Hallberg of Fredericksburg. She is also survived by her sister, Mrs. Cecil E. Sears of Winter Park, Fla., her brother, Thomas W. Dew Jr. of Fredericksburg; and several nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 21, at Rappahannock Westminister-Canterbury, Irvington.

In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made to Special Olympics Virginia, 3212 Skipwith Road, Suite 100, Richmond, Va. 23294; or to a charity of one's choice.