ST. GEORGE, Maine — Friends and family of a Maine woman whose killing on a rural pond shocked the community celebrated her life with a maritime service on Sunday.

Sunshine Stewart, 48, of St. George, went missing in July while paddleboarding on Crawford Pond, a popular summer destination in Union. She was later found dead, and police charged Deven Young, 17, of Frankfort, Maine, with murder in connection with her death.

Stewart's loved ones called Sunday's memorial a “maritime celebration of life.” The memorial included a procession of boats, some decked out with flowers, in the Tenants Harbor section of St. George, where Stewart lived. On the boats were pictures of Stewart smiling and a large sign that read, “Shine On.”

The event was to honor “the radiant life of Sunshine ‘Sunny’ Stewa

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