Alice Dorothy Blinder, devoted daughter of the late Abe and Rose Blinder, passed away on Wednesday August 21st at 10:32pm in Chicago where she was born on September 17, 1929. She spent her life devoted to her family, the business, charitible causes and the arts. Always independent and forward thinking, Alice spent her younger years working in the family business, Nelson Brothers Furniture, contributing and assisting in the growth of the nation's first furniture company to offer furniture in room sets and the ability to buy on credit. Alice was a very private person, yet worked in the marketing department of the family business. She was an accomplished pianist that had originally gone to college for music. Although she developed early arthritis and could not continue this passion, she enjoyed her education and work at Nelson Brothers Furniture and became very involved in the many arts institutes in Chicago. She contributed and sat on the board of many charities and arts centers throughout the area. She loved all arts and has dedicated some of her prized works of art to museums and the like. She was also loving and generous with her family, and is survived by her younger brother, James Blinder and his daughter Caroline Blinder; her younger sister Carole Blinder d'Adesky's children: Don d'Adesky, Lisa d'Adesky Campbell, and John d'Adesky, and their children. Her family and friends will gather today 3PM in Rosehill Mausoleum for a time of remembering her life and legacy.