O B I T U A R Y

Kimberly Libby, 1955–2015

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PORT CLYDE – Kimberly E. ‘Kim’ Libby, 60, died unexpectedly following a very brief illness, Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport. Her loving family was at her side.

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kim was the daughter of Benjamin and Mary Mize Coulter. Raised in Cincinnati by her mother and step-father Lawrence Wood, Sr., Kim was a graduate of Cincinnati High School. Later in life she earned an Associate’s Degree in Fine Arts from University of Maine at Augusta.

Kim has been a mover and shaker her entire life. As a young woman she moved to Maine in 1980, and has been making her mark here ever since. She has held several vocations over the years, most notably as a homemaker and mother. She also filled her need for social interaction when she ran the Port Clyde Post Office. Most recently she has been working as a care giver with the Break of Day Mental Health Group. Her husband remembers Kim as a ‘fixer’. She was always trying to help others. For as long as he can remember she has opened her heart, her arms and her home, taking in any and all aging parents and family members who might need care.

Kim was a long time fisheries advocate. She was instrumental in establishing community supported fisheries and Port Clyde Fresh Catch. That effort has become a movement of communities working to gain more control of their seafood supply. In the 1990s’ she challenged the industrialization of herring and mackerel fishing. She worked along side Niaz Dory and later with the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance in developing community supported fisheries in New England.

Kim was known as an outspoken and hard working advocate for fisheries, fishermen and the preservation of that industry as a family and community based asset. Her success in helping to make that a reality will remain a part of her legacy.