TURNER – Deborah Stevens Gilbert, 95, of Upper Street in Turner, passed away Wednesday, July 6, surrounded by her family, after a long and productive life.

She was born in Turner on Oct. 5, 1909, the daughter of Leslie E. and Blanche Rose Stevens. She graduated from Leavitt Institute in 1929 and Farmington Normal School, now known as the University of Maine at Farmington.

She taught in the Greene school system for two years. She later earned a home economics degree from the University of Maine.

Before her marriage she served as the 4-H Club agent in Aroostook County for four years.

On June 22, 1941, she married Forest S. Gilbert of Turner in Bethel.

She was a member of the Turner Universalist Church, the Turner Grange, Pomona Grange, State Grange and the Upper Street Mothers Club. She had also been active as a local 4-H leader.

She is survived by her husband of 64 years of Turner; five children, Marcia Gilbert of Modesto, Calif., Reynard Gilbert of Turner, Clara Gilbert of Lewiston, Venida Michaud of New Gloucester, and Vera Williams of Skowhegan; a sister, Margaret Stevens Bailey of Turner; two sisters-in-law, Margret Stevens of Turner, and Rose Bouchard of Auburn; 11 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; “a couple of promises”; and several nieces and nephews.