Alfred A. Stickland, a Revere High School graduate who spent his working life as a cook and was known to everyone as Al, died unexpectedly at his home in Revere on Sunday, November 8, 2026. He was 65.
He was born in Winthrop on July 13, 1961, one of five children of the late Herbert Stickland and Rosemarie (D’Alessandro) Kittles, and grew up in Revere, where he went through the city’s schools.
Cooking was both his trade and his pleasure. His most recent kitchen was at Al’s Cafe in Boston. Away from work he followed music of every kind, went to concerts when he could, and counted David Bowie as his favorite.
He married Deborah Smith in 1987, and the two later moved to Methuen. They were married for 18 years before her death. His family remembers a man who was good with children, quick to lend a hand, generous with relatives and friends, and able to get a laugh out of a room.
He leaves his daughter, Brianna Smith of Haverhill; three grandchildren, Aaliyah, Jackson and Niko; his sisters, Laura Stickland of Revere and June Ferrante of Haverhill; his brother, Charles M. Kittles of Merrimack, New Hampshire; and nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. His sister Gloria Muldoon died before him.
The funeral and burial were private. The family suggests memorial gifts to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 1120, Framingham, MA 01701.
Compiled from information published by Vertuccio Smith & Vazza Beechwood Home for Funerals, 262 Beach Street, Revere. Photograph courtesy of the family via Vertuccio Smith & Vazza. This is our own summary, not the family’s obituary; read the full obituary and leave a condolence at the funeral home’s page on Legacy.com. Corrections: we will fix any error promptly.