WINDHAM – Natalie Parker Bunnell, 84, of Oak Lane, died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008, at her home. Born in Fort Fairfield, she was a daughter of Vernon and Nancy Barnes Parker. She was a 1940 graduate of Fort Fairfield High School. Mrs. Bunnell had been the executive director of the Fort Fairfield Chamber of Commerce. For 11 years, she had organized the Potato Blossom Festivals. She was a cofounder of Agri/Business Trade Fairs and a member of the Maine Loring Association. She was a past president of the Maine Chamber of Commerce and was only the second woman to have held that position until that time and had served on the Board of Directors of the Northern Maine Fair Association. Mrs. Bunnell was a member of Unitarian Universalist Church, Caribou and was a member of its choir. She enjoyed playing the piano. She was predeceased by a sister, Greta Tardette; and a brother, Kenneth Parker. Surviving her are her husband, William R. Bunnell Sr. of Windham; son, Bill Bunnell Jr. and his wife, Vickie, of Standish; granddaughter, Hanna Bunnell of Eddington; grandson, Bradford Bunnell and his wife, Shandy, and great-grand-son, Keegan of Fort Drum, N.Y.; son, Brent Bunnell and his wife, Cindy, and granddaughter, Jessica of Maryville, Tenn.; daughter, Danna Fields and her husband, Alan, and granddaughter, Morgan of Brunswick; four stepgrandchildren, Beth and Jim Solman of Maryville, Tenn., and Lindsay and Abby Culberson of Standish; a sister, Thelma Goss of Vero Beach, Fla.; several nieces and nephews. There will be no visiting hours. A memorial service will be held 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, at Dolby Funeral Chapel, 434 River Road, Windham.
NATALIE PARKER BUNNELL
