Alice Robinson of St. Stephen passed away peacefully at the Charlotte County Hospital on July 30, 2022 after a period of declining health. Born in Calais, Maine, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Alice (Hamilton) Lee.
She is survived and greatly missed by her daughter Ann (Steven Backman) Robinson of St. Stephen, daughter Amy (Jeremy Rattray) Robinson of Woodstock, grandsons Dr. Samuel Backman and Liam Rattray. She is also survived by several nieces and a nephew. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Bruce Robinson (1986), her sisters Catherine Hatton (2008) of Charlotte, Maine and Marcia Smith (2021), of Woolwich, Maine.
Following the death of her mother after Alice’s birth, she was raised in Baring, Maine by her great uncle and great aunt, Charles and Edna Tyler. Even though her sisters lived with their grandparents, they still had many fun adventures together in Baring. Alice graduated from Calais Memorial High School in 1952. Upon graduation, she entered Holy Rosary commercial school in St. Stephen and completed a business course. Over the years, she worked at Grant’s, St. Croix Electric, and finally at Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative as a billing clerk from where she retired in 2000, with over 35 years of employment. She experienced a lot of changes in technology during her years at EMEC but embraced them all head on.
Alice married Bruce Robinson and they had two daughters. After being widowed at the age of 51, she fully took on the role of single parent. She was always up for a last minute trip to Bangor, making a cake for a birthday, or carting kids to meet up with friends. Alice became fondly known as "MomMom" to many. She loved doing all the daily word puzzles in the Telegraph Journal and could do them with ease. She enjoyed riding around the "four towns" to listen to classic country music on the satellite radio. Watching Jeopardy and Coronation Street were a must.
Alice was always supportive of her family in their education and career choices. She was very proud of Ann and Amy but was especially proud of Sam when he graduated from medical school this May.
Resting at the S.O. Mehan and Son Funeral Home Ltd. 23 Main Street, St. Stephen, NB from where the funeral service will be held on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 2 pm. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Thursday from noon until service time. Interment at the St. Stephen Rural Cemetery will follow the service.
For those who wish, donations to the Kirk McColl United Church, Charlotte County Hospital Foundation, Charlotte County Cancer Society or a charity of one's choice would be appreciated.
The family extends sincere thanks to the Extra Mural nurses for their care and kindness shown to our mother the last few months and as well to the care staff at Charlotte County Hospital during Mom’s brief stay there.