LEWISTON – Ethel Kimball West, 91, a resident of Lewis Hill Road in Bowdoin, died Sunday, Nov. 30, at Central Maine Medical Center, after a brief illness.

She was born July 12, 1917, in Albany, a daughter of Merton D. and Hazel (Sawin) Kimball. She was educated in Maine schools, graduated from Bridgton Academy in 1938, and from Farmington Normal School in 1941. While pursuing her career in education, she attended various educational courses through the University of Maine program in Augusta, Lewiston and Portland and received a bachelor’s degree in 1963.

She was a school teacher for more than 30 years, teaching in Lisbon, Durham and Bowdoin schools, until her retirement from Bowdoin in 1977. Upon her retirement, she received a certificate of appreciation from the commissioner of education for her many years of service in the field of education. She was active with many various school and community projects. She had worked on the curriculum committee during the planning and organization of the Bowdoin Central School.

She was a former member of the Waterford Congregational Church and was a longtime active member of the Second Baptist Church in Bowdoinham, where she had served on the Christian Education Board, Board of Trustees and as a church deaconess.

She was a former member of the Bowdoin Parent-Teacher Club and had been a member of both the Maine Teachers’ Association and the National Retired Teachers’ Association.

Survivors include her son, Robert P. and his wife, Ruthie West, of Bowdoin; two sisters, Evelyn Maxfield of Harrison and Edna Hill of Conway, N.H.; and four grandchildren, Kelsie, Gregory, Keri and Kaite West, all of Bowdoin.

She was predeceased by her husband, Otis L. West in 1998; and two brothers, Merritt and William Kimball.