Victoria G. McAllister

Victoria McAllister was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the third of five daughters, to Louis Glasser and Mary (McGee) Glasser. She attended St. Malachy's School in Belfast and in 1940 joined the Women's Royal Air Force, a division of the British Royal Air Force, and served four years of wartime duty in the Bomber Command Division. She met her husband, Francis A. McAllister, in 1942 at a Red Cross dance in Bournemouth England where Francis was in the United States Army 29th Infantry Division training in England in preparation for the invasion of Normandy. Francis and Vicki were married on July 24, 1943 in the Oratory of the Sacred Heart Church in Bournemouth, England. After the war, they settled in Aberdeen, Maryland where Vicki worked as a Medical Secretary for Kirk Army Hospital. Later she opened the "Sweet Shoppe" bakery. They raised their two daughters and three sons in Aberdeen, all attending St. Joan of Arc School. Vicki was a devoted member of St. Joan of Arc Parish since 1945 and she loved the Lord. Vicki was a champion both for the young and the elderly. She served as a longtime Catechist with both the Catholic Chapel at Aberdeen Proving Grounds and with St. Joan of Arc Church. She volunteered as a counselor for at risk youth, volunteered with Harford Hospice for well over a decade, and volunteered with Harford County Senior Center Acting Troupe. Vicki was infamous for her inimitable Irish sense of humor, her candor, her encouragement and her joy. She is survived by her husband, Francis, her daughters, Faye McAllister, Diane Henderson (David), her sons, Patrick (Patricia), Michael (Janelle) and Joseph (Lindsey), her four grandchildren, Josh McAllister, Ciara McAllister, Meghan McAllister and Connor McAllister, and her four great-grandchildren. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church on Friday, April 10th at 11am where a visitation will be held from 10-11am. Interment will be in Bel Air Memorial Gardens. At 6:00pm there will be a Memorial Service at Brightview, Bel Air, 300 West Ring Factory Road. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to Eastern Harford County FISH (Friends in Self Help), 1907 Chapel Road, Havre de Grace, Maryland 21078. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.tarringcargo.com. Funeral Home: Tarring-Cargo Funeral Home 333 South Parke Street Aberdeen, MD US 21001