Alison Palmer Heinicke, 44, of 108 Valley Road, died Thursday. March 23, I989. in Strong Memorial Hospital.

She was born in Ithaca, daughter of Robert and Alice Palmer. She was a graduate of the Ithaca City School System and attended Cornell University. She was a former administrative assistant  and then program director of the Women's Community Building of Ithaca and was active in the Women‘s Information Network. She was a former member of the Unitarian Church of Ithaca.

She is survived by her parents of Ithaca; a sister, Anne Plain of Newfield; her former husband, Mark Heinicke of Washington, D.C.; and several aunts and uncles, and a niece and nephew.