Noted female captain to be buried at sea

BANGOR, Maine - The first woman in North America to become a licensed ship captain will be buried at sea today in the waters of New Brunswick, Canada.

Molly Kool Carney 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.

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

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