EASTPORT – Fern Lois Kierstead Mitchell, 89, passed away Friday, March 19, 2010, at Eastport Memorial Nursing Home. Fern was born May 17, 1920, on Campobello Island, New Brunswick, daughter of the late Merton and Viola (Langmaid) Newman. She attended Wilson’s Beach area schools and married Basil Kierstead of Eastport, who passed in 1961. Fern married David Mitchell in 1965. They moved to Massachusetts shortly after and worked for Black & Decker. Upon retiring they moved back to Eastport in 1985. Fern was an accomplished seamstress, and enjoyed sewing and spending time with her family. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her first husband, Basil Kierstead; her second husband, David Mitchell; two sons, Russell Kierstead Sr. and Richard Kierstead; a grandson, Glen Kierstead Jr.; three brothers, Percy, Winslow and Neil Newman; and a sister, Katherine Stevenson. Surviving are three children, Stanley Kierstead of Westbrook, Glen Kierstead Sr. and his wife, Jackie, of Fort Collins, Colo., and Robert Kierstead and his wife, Rebecca, of Eastport; eight grandchildren, several great-grandchildren; three sisters, Eileen Newman and Constance Fleet, both of Campobello Island, New Brunswick, and Bellman Pendleton of Deer Island, New Brunswick; many nieces and nephews. A graveside service will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, March 25, at Hillside Cemetery, Eastport. Arrangements by Mays Funeral Home, Calais and Eastport. Condolences and memories may be shared at www.maysfuneralhome.com.
FERN L. (KIERSTEAD) MITCHELL
