AUGUSTA – Katherine, known as Kay, passed gently in her sleep at home after a brief period of declining health. For the past 10 years she was cared for by her daughters, living to the age of 105 with grace and quiet fortitude. She recently told family that she had lived a good life. Kay was born on April 10, 1917, at home on the family farm in Merrill, Maine, to parents Jasper and Myrtle Stevens. She and her brothers, John and Laurel, were raised in a family of faith, love, resiliency and hard work.

She is survived by her five children; son Robert (Carol), daughters, Mardi Ridlon, Jane Martin (Denny), Margaret Degon Carr, and son Steven (Helen), nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren, as well as several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Katherine’s visitation will be at the Knowlton and Hewins Funeral Home, 1 Church St., Augusta on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, from 1-2 p.m. Her funeral service will follow visitation at 2 p.m. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited. A private family burial will take place at Maine Veteran’s Cemetery Mount Vernon Road, Augusta, where Kay will be laid to rest next to her husband.

Arrangements are in the care of the Knowlton and Hewins Funeral Home, 1 Church St. Augusta, where condolences, memories, and photos may be shared with the family on the obituary page of the website at http://www.khrfuneralhomes.com.

In lieu of flowers, please consider making a contribution in Kay’s memory to something you hold dear.