Mark Davis
Alice Cleveland was born on July 23, 1941 in Seneca, South Carolina. Following her graduation from Furman University, she began a career in IT which moved her to Germany and ultimately to California where she never looked back. She moved to Alameda in 1972. In 1982, she founded Cleveland Business Systems which served clients in the Bay area and beyond.
When Alice wasn’t working, she loved to spend her lunch hours biking or walking around the
Alameda shoreline enjoying all of the natural beauty of California. She was a diehard Oakland Athletics fan and would even go to spring training to catch more games. As a side job, she was a travel agent which helped her plan her many travels on a budget. Alice typically traveled during the winter to escape to warm places in the Pacific. She did Airbnb before it existed, generously inviting friends and family to join her on her travels.
Alice was concerned about people and nature. As a member of the Sierra Club, she would
recruit friends to help with Earth Day clean-ups. In 2002, she began volunteering with the
Alameda Food Bank, where she helped with produce on Tuesday afternoons. She volunteered up until the pandemic.
Alice will be remembered by family, friends and neighbors for her generosity, tenacity, humor and her fiercely independent spirit. She is survived by her sister Jane Sullivan, nephews Mark Davis, Richard Davis and niece Carolyn Ruutlemann as well as great nieces and nephews.
When Alice wasn’t working, she loved to spend her lunch hours biking or walking around the
Alameda shoreline enjoying all of the natural beauty of California. She was a diehard Oakland Athletics fan and would even go to spring training to catch more games. As a side job, she was a travel agent which helped her plan her many travels on a budget. Alice typically traveled during the winter to escape to warm places in the Pacific. She did Airbnb before it existed, generously inviting friends and family to join her on her travels.
Alice was concerned about people and nature. As a member of the Sierra Club, she would
recruit friends to help with Earth Day clean-ups. In 2002, she began volunteering with the
Alameda Food Bank, where she helped with produce on Tuesday afternoons. She volunteered up until the pandemic.
Alice will be remembered by family, friends and neighbors for her generosity, tenacity, humor and her fiercely independent spirit. She is survived by her sister Jane Sullivan, nephews Mark Davis, Richard Davis and niece Carolyn Ruutlemann as well as great nieces and nephews.
