LEWISTON — Alma Grace (Kibbey) Moore of Russell Park Living Center in Lewiston, passed from this world at the age of 91 on Oct. 11.

She was born on the family farm in Olive Hill, Ky., Sept. 15, 1921. She was a proud graduate of the privately funded Erie School in Olive Hill. In an area of deep poverty, her family knew there was nothing more important than a good education. Following high school, she attended Cumberland College (now University) in Williamsburg, Ky.

As a young woman, her greatest adventure was teaching the Navajo at Wide Ruins Indian Reservation in Arizona. This experience gave her an abiding respect, which she handed down to her family, for people of other cultures.

But her marriage to Robert Daniel Moore (of Williamsburg, Ky.) was the greatest adventure of her life. As the wife of a career military officer, she lived in post World War II Trieste, Italy; Ft. Benning, Ga.; Enterprise, Ala.; Alexandria, Va.; Ft. Richardson, Alaska; Gettysburg, Pa. and Ft. Meade, Md.

Wherever she lived, she was an active member of the Officers Wives Club and you could always find her playing golf or bridge. For a number of years, she lived in California; Mazatlan, Mexico and Naples, Fla. She had an open heart, and an open hand for everyone.

She will be missed by her two children and their families: daughter, Helen G. Stevens and her husband, Gordon, of Gardiner, as well as her son, James E. Moore and his wife, Jane, of Newport, R.I.; three grandchildren: granddaughter, Gabrielle Stevens and her husband, Ron Schmidt, of Portland and their daughter, Eleanor, who gave her enormous joy in her last months; grandson, Owen Stevens and his companion, Neha Delal, of Bath; her grandson, Andrew Moore of Ft. Benning, Ga. She had many nephews and nieces and great-nephews and great-nieces, whom she loved dearly.

Alma was predeceased by her husband, Col. Robert D. Moore; parents, William Otis and Blanche Underwood Kibbey; and her sister, Helen Perry.

Later in life, Alma became part of the Russell Park Living Center’s community, where she received thoughtful and compassionate care. And proving that you’re never too old to make friends, she became close to her roommate, Ruth Harrington.

In life she belonged to her family, neighbors and friends. In death, she has returned to the God who gave her life.