Sharon Kennedy Bukulmez

Sharon Kennedy Bukulmez was the strongest woman I have ever known.

She was born May 27, 1965 in Olean, NY to Colleen Kennedy and Salih Bukulmez. My mother’s life was guided by caregiving, humanitarian travel and creating.

She attended Purdue University and UNC Wilmington, and proceeded to work as a medical technologist at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md.

She served as a medical worker in the US Peace Corps in Liberia, and in Zambia through St. Joseph’s Hospital.

She married Steve Grubb in 1991, and they travelled together to Mandeville, Jamaica, where she worked in a school teaching expecting and new mothers. She gave birth to her first son, Peter, while teaching and living in Jamaica.

As a young mother, Sharon achieved her master’s in community health from Towson University and lived in Carney, Md., where they welcomed their other two children, Maureen and Joseph. The family then moved to Mound Desert Island, Maine, and in 2009, Mom began work at the MDI Hospital, where she was a lab technician and cared for in-home patients.

Sharon enjoyed the beauty of Acadia, laughter around a fire, and the deep love she shared with her family and friends.

She passed away at age 61 with her beloved grandchildren, Kinsley and Sawyer Grubb.

Sharon is survived by her children, Peter (Rebecca) Grubb, Maureen (Levi Negley) Grubb and Joseph Grubb; her sisters, Shayla Hannon and Lisa Lolis and their children; her aunts, Janet Schwengber and Dolores DiAngelo; and former husband, friend and co-grandparent, “Gampy” Stephen Grubb.

She was predeceased by her mother, Colleen; her father, Sal; and her dear Aunt Maureen.

Rest in peace mom — forever the strongest woman I have ever known.

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