I got this from this week's TV guide regarding Alice's funeral:
Days of Our Lives will celebrate the life and honor the passing of legend Frances Reid with a farewell that's unprecedented in soap history. The beloved actress who played Alice Horton from the show's debut in 1965 until her health became too fragile in 2007, died last February at age 95. On June 9 Days viewers learn that Alice is rapidly declining at which point several characters from the past will gather for a final visit.
Among the returning fan faves: Melissa Reeves, Jaime Lyn Bauer, Maree Cheatham, Lisa Trusel, Patsy Pease, Mary Beth Evans and Roark Critchlow. Alice's death on June 23 will be followed by a splendid memorial loaded with flashbacks.
"I'm so proud of our show for going the distance and giving Frances the goodbye she deserves" says Peter Reckell. "this medium can really chew up actors but Frances never let that happen to her. She demanded the best from herself and the rest of us. Right to the very end she was on top of people and giving advice even to the producers and that advice was always right on the nose. Losing her is a blow to us all."