Kearney, Louise W., 91, June 30, 2013. Interment held in the Northern Maine Veterans Cemetery. Arrangements by Mockler Funeral Home, Caribou.
CARIBOU – Louise Ward Kearney, 91, was called home to heaven on June 30, 2013, after a brief stay at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House of Southern Maine, Scarborough.
A 41-year resident of Hoover Avenue in Caribou, Louise had recently moved to Portland to be closer to family. Louise graduated from Fryeburg Academy in 1940 and married the love of her life, Harry N. Kearney, in 1942. They spent seventy years together before his death in 2009. Louise was a member of the United Baptist Church and spent time as a member of the Mission Circle as well as the garden club. A Lifetime member of the Eastern Star, she served as the Grand Representative to Manitoba as well as Grand Matron District Deputy 1995-96. A loving mother, sister, wife, grandmother and friend, her kind smile and generous heart will be deeply missed by those who had the honor to know her.
She is survived by her two daughters and sons-in-law, Patricia Aishton and Richard Aishton of Vinzier, France, and Colleen Kearney-Graffam and Stephen Graffam of Westbrook; grandchildren, Karla Lockwood of Cape Elizabeth, Christina Neit of Colorado, and Layne Kearney-Graffam of Westbrook; a brother, Stanley Alden Ward of Saco; a sister, Helen Belly of Andover; six great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Friends called at the Mockler Funeral Home, 24 Reservoir Street, Caribou, from 11 a.m. Friday, July 5, 2013, until time of services, which were held at 1 p.m. at the funeral home. Eastern Star memorial services were held at 12:30 p.m. Friday. Interment was in the Northern Maine Veterans Cemetery Caribou. www.mocklerfuneral home.com.
