1920 – 2016

SOUTH PARIS —  Ruth Elizabeth Kenoyer Polley, a longtime resident of Sabattus died Wednesday, Sept. 14, at the Maine Veterans’ Home in South Paris.

Ruth graduated in 1938 from Erskine Academy and attended Earlham College in Indiana for two years. She then attended and graduated from Central Maine General Hospital Nursing School in 1944. She was a private duty nurse from 1944 through 1954 and then  a head nurse and supervisor at Central Maine Medical Center from 1955 through 1975. She was a member of the Nurses Association for more than 35 years and was also a member of United Commercial Travelers for a number of years.

In 1968, she married Leland Polley of Sabattus. Leland died in 1995.

Ruth attended and served as a deacon of the Community Free Baptist Church of Sabattus, and then the Court Street Baptist Church of Auburn in her later years. She enjoyed bird watching and saved the lives of some. She raised several wild birds and enjoyed them greatly. In 1987, she wrote a book about her favorite bird she raised, Little Twerp. She also loved liked gardening and outdoor activities, painting and knitting.

Ruth is survived by her sister, Helen Kenoyer Mosher of South China; her cousin, Charles Sisson and his wife, Stella, of South China and Nederland, Texas; 31 nieces and nephews; and many great-nieces and great-nephews.

She was predeceased by her husband; her parents; her sisters, Alice and Martha; her brothers, Jean, Joseph, Winifred, Robert, John and Russell; her sisters-in-law, Peggy, Van, Muriel, Beverly and Shirley; and her brothers-in-law, Charles Mosher, Albert Probert and Elliott Lamb.

Condolences may be offered in the guest book at www.thefortingroupauburn.com.