ROCKPORT — Stephanie Ann “S. Rad” Raddish, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 3, 2024, surrounded with love.

Born on January 1, 1980 in Akron, Ohio, where Stephanie spent her early childhood years before moving to Maine, which she called home from where ever she roamed. After graduating from Camden Hills High School, she spent two memorable years at Marlborough College, before moving on to the University of Maine, graduating with degrees in Art, Education and Women’s Studies.

Her many varied career paths took her from teaching English in Beijing China, to Boston, to Oakland, California, where she created a library for the students at Fruitvale Elementary, to Portland, where she worked at a preschool, before joining her friends at Lush, and finally back home. Along the way, Stephanie created lifelong relationships filled with love, laughter and music.

Stephanie loved family, books by Stephan King and Ann Rice, music, movies, reading tarot cards, following horoscopes, and all of her past and present pets.

She will be lovingly missed by her father, Michael Raddish; mother, Janet Chapman Hall; brother, David Hall; sister, Kelly Muse; and grandmother, Thelma Chapman. She also leaves behind ten much loved aunts and uncles, and twenty-eight cousins, who meant the world to her.

In honor of Stephanie as an advocate for the protection of freshwater resources, memorial gifts in her memory may be made to Maine Lakes, P.O. Box 2301, Yarmouth, ME 04096.

Calling hours will be held Thursday, August 8, 2024, from 4 - 6 p.m., at the Long Funeral Home, 9 Mountain Street, Camden.   

Calling hours in Ohio will be held Sunday, August 11, 2024, from 1 - 3 p.m., followed by a memorial service at Donovan Funeral Home, 34 S. Cleveland Ave., Mogadore, OH 44260.   

Condolences may be shared at www.longfuneralhomecamden.com