Obituary

Fiona M. Stockwell

Wed, 10/21/2015 - 12:00pm

Fiona Munro Stockwell, 88, died on Oct. 15, 2015, in Boothbay Harbor.

She was born Nov. 17, 1926 to Henry Hugh Hawkins Munro and Mary Child in Paris, France.

Fiona attended Milton Academy in Massachusetts and Bennett Junior College in New York. Just after World War II, while working for Pan Am Airways in Boston, she met Ernie Stockwell and they were married and moved to Dover, Massachusetts where they began raising their family.

While raising her family, Fiona began working as a potter, winning a number of awards, selling her wares locally and then teaching pottery. Her hobbies included gardening, travel, community theater, tennis, St. Dunstan’s Church, her family and her dogs.

Fiona was predeceased by her father H.H.H. Munro, her mother Mary Child, her stepmother Gladys Munro, her husband Ernest F. Stockwell Jr. and her brother Paul Sheeline.

She is survived by her son, Terry Stockwell and his wife Lauren of Southport; her daughter, Diana Kerr of East Boothbay; and her daughter, Elizabeth Stockwell of Amesbury, Massachusetts. She is also survived by her brother, David Munro of Penfield, New York; grandson, Benjamin Stockwell of Mystic, Connecticut; grandson, Duncan Kerr of Hallowell; grandson, Brooks Kerr of Portland; grandson, William Stockwell of Amesbury, Massachusetts; granddaughter, Amanda Stockwell of Durham, North Carolina; granddaughter, Fiona Kerr or Portland; and granddaughter, Veronica Snyder of Boston, Massachusetts.

A celebration of Fiona’s life is scheduled at 11 a.m. on Nov. 27 at St. Dunstan’s Church in Dover, Massachusetts, with a second celebration to be scheduled on Vinalhaven during the summer of 2016.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Vinalhaven Land Trust, 12 Skoog Park Road,

Vinalhaven, ME 04863, or to the American Cancer Society, One Bowdoin Mill Island, Topsham, ME 04086, in Fiona’s name.

Hall’s of Boothbay has care of the arrangements. To extend online condolences, light a candle for Fiona, or to share a story or pictures, visit her Book of Memories at www.hallfuneralhomes.com.