Maine News Updates

BANGOR — The first woman in North America to become a licensed ship captain will be buried at sea Sunday in the waters off New Brunswick, Canada.

Molly Kool died in February in Bangor, Maine, at age 93.

She grew up in the village of Alma, New Brunswick, where she learned a love of sailing from her father, a Dutch ship captain. She sailed her father's 70-foot boat between New Brunswick and Boston for several years before following her heart to Maine, where she married.

At the time of her death, Molly K. Carney was living in an independent retirement community in Bangor, where residents knew her as "Captain Molly."

A friend, Jonni-Anne Carlisle, says Carney's ashes will be spread Sunday in the Bay of Fundy, near the town where she was born.