Alice Starks H. Alice Starks peacefully passed away Saturday, July 2, 2016, at her home in Mason, Texas, at the age of 85. Alice was born October 12, 1930, to Louis and Lillian Mertz Pyka in Fredericksburg, Texas. She is survived by Tommy Starks, her husband of 59 years; her son, Ray Starks and wife, Cynthia, of Mason, and their children Audrey and Dylan; her daughter, Nancy Starks Aycock and husband, Bill, of Corinth, and their son John; and sister, Cecile Sobotik, and husband ...