Family and friends of a Maine lady whose killing on a rural pond shocked the neighborhood plan to rejoice her life with a maritime service on Sunday
Sunshine Stewart, 48, of St. George, went lacking in July whereas paddleboarding on Crawford Pond, a preferred summer time vacation spot in Union.
She was later discovered useless, and police charged Deven Younger, 17, of Frankfort, Maine, with homicide in connection together with her demise.
Stewart's family members are calling Sunday's memorial a “maritime celebration of life.”
They're holding the memorial at 10:30 a.m. within the Tenants Harbor part of St. George, the place Stewart lived.
The occasion will embody a procession of vessels within the neighborhood of Tenants Harbor, based on the organizers.
“On August 10, 2025, household, mates, and neighborhood will collect on the ocean to honor and bear in mind the radiant lifetime of Sunshine ‘Sunny' Stewart — a lady whose mild touched each soul she met,” promoters of the occasion mentioned in a social media publish.
The Workplace of the Maine Lawyer Basic has mentioned it's looking for to strive Younger as an grownup.
A choose might want to rule on that request. Younger is due in courtroom for a standing convention on Aug. 22.
Younger made a short preliminary courtroom look final month through which he entered a denial to the homicide cost.
His legal professional, Jeremy Pratt, has declined to remark.
Authorities have launched few particulars concerning the killing and haven't publicly speculated a few motive. Maine State Police spokesperson Shannon Moss mentioned the investigation into Stewart's demise remains to be energetic and “will probably be for a while.”
Stewart lived about 20 miles from the pond the place she was killed.
The pond is common with boaters and fishermen and is the location of a campground.
Police have mentioned a health worker decided Stewart's explanation for demise was strangulation and blunt power trauma.
Within the weeks because the killing, mates of Stewart have memorialized her as an unbiased spirit, a devoted pal and a lover of the ocean and the outside.
She took a diverse profession path by way of life, working as a biologist, fisherman, carpenter and in lots of different roles, mates mentioned.
Bethany Leach Parmley, a lifelong pal, described Stewart as “a very loyal, fantastic pal.”
