SOUTH PARIS – Alice Marie (Kenoyer) Probert, 91, died at Maine Veterans’ Home on Sept. 25, of natural causes. One of 10 children, she was born in Sturgis, S.D., Aug. 9, 1917, daughter of Henry Everet and Annie Berry Kenoyer.

In 1928, she moved from Iowa with her family to South China. She attended Erskine Academy and graduated valedictorian in 1934. After her graduation from Farmington State Normal School, she began teaching, first at Fairbanks School then transferring to the New Vineyard school. She married Albert Probert Jr. in South China in September 1940 and moved to Strong.

She was a dedicated and loving wife and mother. After raising six children, she returned to her teaching career in 1969 at Strong Elementary School, where she taught until 1987. She taught sixth grade homeroom, English, literature, drama, and especially loved her “great books” classes. Raised in the Quaker religion, upon settling in Strong, she joined the Strong Methodist Church, where she was a devoted member. Her faith was very important to her. She also belonged to the Eastern Star and The Ladies Auxiliary.

She enjoyed the art of knitting, sewing and embroidering. She was an avid reader and crossword puzzle extraordinaire. She had a true passion for working in her flower garden and watching birds feasting from her many feeders. She loved spending time with her beloved husband, Toby, at their camp on Little Jim Pond in Eustis. You could find the two of them playing cribbage at least once a day. She was also fond of traveling and made trips to the Caribbean Islands, England, Ireland, Scotland, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Greece, and spent three weeks touring China sailing down the Yangtze River in 1987.

She is survived by five children, Gordon Probert, Patricia Gott, Randall Probert and David Probert, all of Maine, and Russell Probert of Nevada; four brothers and sisters, Joseph Kenoyer of South Carolina, Helen Mosher, Ruth Polley, and John Kenoyer, all of Maine; a cousin, Charles Sisson of Texas; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her parents, Annie and Henry Kenoyer; her husband, Albert Probert; grandson, Toby Probert; daughter, Rebecca Stanton; sister, Martha Lamb; and brothers, Jean, Winfred, Robert and Russell Kenoyer.