She was born in Brunswick on May 6, 1928, the daughter of William and Mary Jane Labbe Boulanger. She attended St. John’s School.
She married Walter R. McKinney on October 10, 1943 in North Carolina, and they were married for 64 years before his passing on November 14, 2007.
Constance was a full time homemaker, but ran a successful crab meat business that supplied local restaurants and stores for many years. Constance was her husband’s best friend, from hunting and fishing to racing boats she was always right by his side. She loved to go to the dances and listen to then PM’s, the band her husband played in. She was a regular for Bingo night at several places, and enjoyed the company of all of her Bingo friends. She was a volunteer and helped with the Harpswell Neck Fire and Rescue Auxiliary.
The place she loved being the most was up to her camp in Wesley, Maine where they would spend weeks and months at a time. She could go from hunting, fishing and 4- wheeling, to working on puzzles and baking depending on the circumstances. As she got older she would follow behind the ATV gang in the truck. She just wanted to be a part of it.
Constance was like a mother, and grandmother to so many always looking after her "kids".
Surviving are her two daughters, Judy Small of Harpswell, and Shirley Pinette and her husband, Paul of Kingston, NH; three grandchildren, Kenneth Richard and his wife, Marsha of Topsham, Lisa True and her husband, Franklin of Harpswell, and Michael Pinette and his wife, Danielle of Fremont, NH; and seven great grandchildren, Kayla True, Katelyn Richard, Franklin True, III, Derek True, Jacob Pinette, Kelly Richard, and Samantha Pinette.
A memorial service will be held at 5PM Thursday, January 12, at the Brackett Funeral Home, 29 Federal Street, Brunswick with Pastor Weston Murphy officiating. Burial will be at Varney Cemetery in the spring. If desired, donations can be made to the Harpswell Neck Fire & Rescue, c/o Brian Marden, PO Box 8 , Harpswell, ME 04079. Condolences can be expressed at www.brackettfuneralhome.com.
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