Winifred Peabody

Jonesport/Ellsworth—Winifred “Winkie” Dorothy (Steele) Peabody passed away peacefully, July 13, 2025, at an Ellsworth nursing facility. She was born to Sewall and Ruth (Norton) Steele October 29, 1931, in Addison, Maine.

Winkie grew up in Milbridge. As an adult she and Wayne built their home together in Jonesport, piece by piece. She was a member of the Jonesport Wesleyan Church for many years, where she taught Bible School. She enjoyed camping with family at Parks Pond in Clifton for many years.

Winifred worked in the nursing home in Jonesport for twelve years, then did home healthcare for two years before retiring. She also worked packing sardines, raking blueberries, making wreaths, and sewing for others in her spare time. She picked crab meat, peeled shrimp, and shucked clams, as well as worked for 3 Rivers as a fish processor for about six years.

Winkie loved to watch and identify birds with Wayne on their property in Jonesport.

Winifred was predeceased by her parents; as well as two brothers, Clifton and Goodwin; three sisters, Bernice, Glenda, and Maybelle; two sons William and Robert Fraser; daughter-in-law, Kathleen Fraser; grandson, Joshua Peabody; and her husband of sixty-five years, Wayne Peabody.

She is survived by son, Lawrence Fraser of Cathedral City, California; daughter-n-law, Nancy Fraser of Woburn, Massachusetts; son, Stephen Peabody and wife, Margaret of Addison; son, Timothy Peabody and wife, Annette of Jonesport; stepson, Dana Peabody and wife, Carol of Columbia Falls; thirteen grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren.

Visiting hours will be held Sunday, July 20, 2025, from 1 – 3PM at Bragdon-Kelley funeral Home, 47 Main Street, Milbridge, immediately followed by a Funeral Service at 3PM.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Bragdon-Kelley Funeral Home, where online condolences may be shared: www.bragdonkelley.com