SOUTH PARIS – Kathleen P. (Ripley) Roberts of Norway passed away on Thursday, Jan. 24, at Market Square Health Care Center in South Paris after a long illness.

She was born in Colebrook, N.H., on Oct. 6, 1922, the daughter of Clyde and Lillian (Rich) Ripley. She was a longtime employee of Echo Housewares and then Gilbert Manufacturing in Locke Mills.

Survivors include her children, Beverly Bennett of Bethel, Jonathan Roberts of Lewiston, Michael Roberts and his wife, Donna Johnson, of North Chelmsford, Mass., Eileen Dupont and her husband, André of Gorham, N.H., Lee Roberts of Greenwood; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by two husbands, Gordon Roberts and Reginald Roberts; her son, Ronald Roberts; her sisters, Gertrude Roberts and Margaret Davenport; and her brother, Raymond Ripley.