How Did Alice Garvey Die on Little House on the Prairie?

Alice Garvey was killed in the episode May We Make Them Proud when she tried to rescue Mary and Adam’s baby when the school for the blind caught fire.  Alice initially helped all the children escape, but as she was sighted, she told Mary she would go and save Mary’s baby.  She was delayed when she discovered another blind child in the school’s bathroom and helped him escape, then the fire spread quickly and she became trapped with the baby, Adam Charles Holbrook Kendall Jr, and was unable to escape in time, despite breaking a window to try and get out of the building.

When the school is rebuilt after the fire, the school is named after Alice and Adam Jr, officially named the Alice Garvey and Adam Kendall Jr. School for the Blind.