Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home

ROCKLAND - Nancy Eleanor Breed Fitzgerald, formerly of Owls Head, died Tuesday, June 2, 2015, at age 88 after a long illness.

Daughter of the late Charles and Elsa Breed of Camden, she was born in Newton, Massachusetts. Nancy was a graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont and moved to Maine in 1970. She taught for many years at the Henderson School in Camden.

She was a founding member of Nine Lively Ladies, a mid-coast Maine artists’ group. Nancy enjoyed a very active life; including swimming in the ocean, cross-country skiing, hiking and boating. She also loved to paint, knit, play piano, tend her perennial gardens and entertain her friends and family. She was active in her community and volunteered at the Rockland Public Library, the Good Tern food coop, the local animal shelter and with the Meals on Wheels program.

Nancy was predeceased by her husband Ernest (Marsh) Fitzgerald and by her daughter Tammy Brodsky. She is survived by her son Dean Campbell and his wife Renee of San Rafael, CA; daughters Elsa Campbell and her husband Ken Lennon of Boston, MA, Sarah Cucinelli and her husband Don of Brunswick, Molly MacLean and her partner Eisso Atzema of Stillwater; grandchildren, Merin Noonan and her husband Brian of Houston, TX, Aaron Brodsky and his wife Erin of Alexandria, VA, Christopher Campbell, Chloe Campbell both of San Rafael, CA, and great-granddaughters, Miranda Noonan, Virginia and Corrine Brodsky. Her cherished Tiger Lily, one of many well-loved pets through her lifetime, recently died. Their ashes will be placed together in the Mount View Cemetery in Camden.

In lieu of services, there will be a celebration of her life at a later date. If desired, memorial gifts may be made to P.A.W.S Animal Adoption Center, P.O. Box 707, Rockport, ME 04856.

Arrangements are in the care of Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock Street, Rockland.