BELGRADE – Alberta M. Stevens, 88, of North Belgrade, Maine, passed away peacefully at Lakewood Manor on Monday, June 23, 2025.

Alberta was born in Augusta on Nov. 27, 1936. She was the daughter of Reginald Shaw and Bertha Richardson Shaw.

She married Edward J. Stevens, Sr., in 1956 and moved to North Belgrade where they bought a home and raised six children.

Alberta always kept busy. She taught ceramics for five years and managed summer camps on Salmon Lake and at Camp Dirigo. She worked at Wheeler’s Store in Oakland and at Digital in Augusta. She retired from Goodwill Industry, Northern New England in 2000 where she worked for ten years. But most of all, she loved spending time with her family and helping take care of her grandchildren whenever needed.

Alberta loved cooking, gardening, reading, sewing, and going to the coast for her favorite lobster roll.

She was predeceased by Edward Stevens, Sr., her parents, sisters Ada Norris and Linda Shaw, her brother, Glenwood Shaw, and her daughter-in-law, Brenda Stevens.

Alberta is survived by her children, Edward Stevens, Jr. and his wife Leanne of Fairfield, David Stevens and his wife Kathy of North Belgrade, Janet Stevens of Oakland, Sandra Stevens of North Belgrade, Jolene Belserene and her husband Mark of Belgrade, and Paul Stevens of North Belgrade; 12 grandchildren, Lindsay Melisurgo and her husband Daniel, Heather Bresett and her husband Joshua, Matthew Stevens and his wife Carla, Jason Stevens and his wife Heather, Tasha Gradie and her husband James, Jamie Rivard and her husband Derek, Sarah Butler and her husband Jarrett, Rebecca Fotter and her partner Patrick Powell, Brandy Bernatchez, Louis “Buddy” Belserene, Mark Belserene, Jr., and Joshua Stevens; 25 great-grandchildren; and six great-great grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister, Sandra Sturgeon and her husband Robert of Windham; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

The family would like to thank the staff at Lakewood Manor Nursing Home for the excellent care they provided for Alberta during the last two months of her life.

Graveside service will be July 12 at 10:30 at  Pine Grove Cemetery in Belgrade.