Maritime memorial celebrates life of paddleboarder killed in Maine
August 10, 2025
Friends and family of a Maine woman whose killing on a rural pond shocked the community have celebrated her life with a maritime service. Forty-eight-year-old Sunshine Stewart, of St. George, went missing in July while paddleboarding on Crawford Pond, a popular summer destination in Union. She was later found dead, and police charged 17-year-old Deven Young, of Frankfort, Maine, with murder in connection with her death. Stewart’s loved ones called Sunday’s memorial a “maritime celebration of life.” It included a procession of boats in the Tenants Harbor section of St. George, where Stewart lived.