SEARSPORT – Max Gray Kinney, 73, died unexpectedly Sunday, Nov. 5, 2006, in Searsport. He was born July 31, 1933, in Searsport, son of Kenneth C. and Alice M. (Gray) Kinnney. He was born again Jan. 1, 1967, and lived for the Lord for 39 years. He came from nothing and God helped him and his wife, Iva during their life. He completed his high school diploma in 1981. He was a more than 30-year member of Gideons International, which places Bibles in hotels and motels. He lived for five years in Connecticut and became a class A caster in a brass foundry, Plum & Atwood. Max was a member of the Searsport School Board MSAD No. 56 and Region No. 7 Vocational Center. He was a master electrician, a journeyman oil burner and had a CDL with hazmat. He owned and operated Kinney’s Mobile Home Park and Kinney’s Construction and also worked for Northern Chemical and Sprague Energy. He was an engineer on the Mary E. Holmes and captain of his own Queen Bee boat. He served as trustee of the water district, was president of Mount Hope Cemetery, a board member of Camp Fair Haven and a Promise Keeper. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Iva (Littlefield) Kinney of Searsport; his children, Kenneth M. Kinney, Deloris I. Merithew and husband, Anthony, Kathreen A. Ward and husband, Douglas, Barbara M. White and husband, Timothy, Allen B. Kinney and Max R. Kinney and his wife, Linda; his brothers, Clinton Kinney and his wife, Margaret, of Gardner, Albert Kinney and his wife, Gertrude, of Belfast, David Kinney and his wife, Doris, of Belfast; 20 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren, many nieces, nephews and friends. Max loved his family. Family and friends are invited to call 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, at Crabiel-Riposta Funeral Home, 182 Waldo Ave., Belfast. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 10, at Lighthouse Bible Church, Prospect Street, Searsport, with Pastor Randall Bonin officiating. Interment will be held after the service at Mount Hope Cemetery, Searsport.
MAX GRAY KINNEY
