KENNEBUNK – Louise Wright Fairfield, 90, a resident of Oakwood Lane, Kennebunk, formerly of Kennebunkport, died Thursday, Nov. 1 (All Saints Day) at her home after a brief illness.

She was born in Lewiston on Nov. 21, 1916, a daughter of Harold S. and Bertha L. (Fowler) Wright. She graduated from Edward Little High School, Class of 1934, and attended Bates College in Lewiston. She married Philip G. Fairfield in 1941 and moved to Radford, Va., where they lived from 1941 to 1945. The family returned to Maine and resided in Rumford from 1945 to 1949. In 1950, they moved to Kennebunkport, where she lived for 52 years.

She worked at the Kennebunkport Post Office for more than 20 years. She was also active in the community, where she served on the school board, was a leader in the Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts. She was a 56-year member of the Aurora Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, a member of the Bridge Club and a lifetime member of the Good Cheer Club. She was a 57-year member of the Cape Porpoise Methodist Church (now Church on the Cape), where she was active in several ministries.

She is survived by seven children, (her pride and joy?) who kept her very busy, Harold R. Fairfield and his wife, Francesca, of Yarmouth, Edward H. Fairfield and his wife, Martha, of Hopkinton, N.H., Elizabeth Louise (Betty Lou) and her husband, Glenn Townsend, of Boothbay Harbor, James P. Fairfield and his wife, Penny, of Kennebunk, Kenneth D. Fairfield and his wife, Marjorie, of Westbrook, John W. Fairfield and his partner, EdSki of Cape Neddick and Joseph W. Fairfield and his wife, Rachel of Arundel; 15 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her husband, Philip G. Fairfield in 1975; a daughter, Marjorie Fairfield Gould in 1997; a brother, Sumner Wesley Wright; and a sister, Marion Wright Sarle.