Alice Proctor

Alice Shoyer Proctor died peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, September 9, 2012 after a happy, laughter-filled day with her family. Alice, a 36-year resident of the valley, was born in Chicago in 1928. She grew up on a dairy farm outside Chicago and attended Lake Zurich High School and took classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. Alice graduated Cum Laude from Bryn Mawr College, then did graduate work in Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. Alice was one of the first women to participate in an archeological excavation on the Missouri River Basin Survey, where she met her future husband, Charles, whom she married in 1951. Alice and Charles have four children. The family lived in Norman and Tulsa, Oklahoma, then Santa Fe and El Rito, New Mexico before moving to Colorado. Everywhere she lived, Alice was actively involved in the civil rights movement and in furthering education. She worked as a librarian and as an art instructor and was one of the founders of the San Isabel Land Protection Trust, to which she maintained a life long commitment. In Westcliffe, Alice was a member of the Catttlewomens Association and the No-Dessert Book Club. Throughout her life, Alice was a prolific artist and a dedicated and loving homemaker. Alice is survived by her husband Charles; her siblings Nancy Mello, Merr Shearn and Malcolm Shoyer; her children Shannon, Megan, Docia and Matthew; six grandchildren, one great-grandchild and a second great-grandchild on the way. The family invites friends to an informal celebration of Alice's life on Saturday, September 15, 2012. Drop by the Proctor residence (81 Rd 191) anytime between 2-5 PM to meet the family, see some of Alice's artwork and write your happy remembrances in a family book.