TITLE:  Alice Cicenia

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, July 17, 2001

SUBMITTED BY:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, July 2001

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CICENIA, Alice
Alice Joan Cicenia, 78, of Summerville, wife of Dr. Erbert Frank 
Cicenia, died Sunday at her residence. Memorial service will be held 
7 o'clock, Wednesday, July 18, 2001, in James A. Dyal Funeral Home 
Chapel, Summerville. Burial will be private in Beaufort National 
Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 o'clock until 
service time on Wednesday. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made 
to Democratic Party 1517 Blanding St., Columbia, S.C. 29201. Timrod 
Library of Summerville, 217 Central Ave., Summerville, S.C. 29483, or 
Flowertown Players, 133 S. Main St., Summerville, S.C. 29483. Born on 
June 6, 1923, in Staten Island, N.Y., a daughter of the late Al Delaney
and Anna O'Mara Delaney. She was a graduate of Richmond High School in 
New York. She received a Registered Nursing degree from Wagner College 
in New York. She was a Cadet Nurse during World War II. She formed the 
Volunteer Service Unit of the Coastal Center and remained active on the
Board of Directors until death. She was Past Board member of 
Flowertown Players and Past County Chairman of Dorchester County 
Democratic Party and also active volunteer at Timrod Library. She was 
a leader in the state and local Democratic Party over a period of more 
than three decades, including the difficult years of South Carolina's 
transition from a one-party to a two-party state. Her courageous 
leadership helped pave the way for the integration of the South 
Carolina Democratic Party in the 1970's. She was instrumental in 
organizing the South Carolina Democratic Party's Women's Council in 
the late 1960's and early 1970's. The work of Alice Cicenia and the 
Women's Council, at the time when women in politics were often 
regulated to making coffee and doing clerical work, led to changes in 
both rules and attitudes within the Democratic Party. Today's 
Democratic Party, with it's equal treatment of women and minorities, 
is a tribute to Alice Cicenia's efforts. She was Vice Chair of the 
South Carolina Democratic Party from 1972 until 1976 and served as 
chair of the Dorchester County Democratic from 1988-1991 and her 
involvement in the county party continued until her death. She worked 
tirelessly in dozens of campaigns over the years and few democratic 
candidates were elected in Dorchester County or statewide without her 
advice and assistance. Surviving are her husband, Dr. Erbert Frank 
Cicenia of Summerville; one sister, Dorothy Graydon of Nevada City, 
Calif., and nephew, David Bryant of Mailua, Hawaii. Arrangements by 
JAMES A. DYAL FUNERAL HOME, 303 SOUTH MAIN ST., SUMMERVILLE, S.C.
(The Post and Courier July 17, 2001)

CICENIA, Alice
The relatives and friends of Mrs. Alice Joan Cicenia, wife of Dr. 
Erbert Frank Cicenia, are invited to attend her memorial service this 
evening at 7 o'clock, in James A. Dyal Funeral Home Chapel, Summerville
Burial will be private in Beaufort National Cemetery. Friends may call
at the funeral home this evening from 5 o'clock until service time.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Democratic Party 1517 
Blanding St., Columbia, S.C. 29201, or Timrod Library of Summerville, 
217 Central Ave., Summerville, S.C. 29483, or Flowertown Players, 133 
S. Main St., Summerville, S.C. 29483. Arrangements by JAMES A. DYAL 
FUNERAL HOME, 303 SOUTH MAIN ST., SUMMERVILLE, S.C.
(The Post and Courier July 18, 2001)
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