Stephen A. Monsulick

READFIELD – Stephen A. Monsulick Jr., 72, a resident of Readfield, Maine passed away in the comfort of his home on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, surrounded by family. Born on Aug. 18, 1950 in Milbridge, Maine as the youngest child of Norma (Phinney) and Stephen Monsulick Sr. He grew up moving between Cherryfield and Milbridge, Maine. He spent a few summers on Spring River Lake with his pet trout Herkemyer, playing baseball, working in his father’s sardine factory, raking blueberries and in the mud flats digging for blood worms and clams. Stephen was educated at Hebron Academy and graduated in 1968. At Hebron Academy he worked on the school newspaper, ran cross country and alpine skied. He graduated cum laude with an AB in English from Harvard in 1972. He continued his education in English at the University of Maine Orono. During this time he worked with his friend Al Korenek as a booking agent for bands and met his future wife Beverly at The Bounty Tavern in Bangor, where he was a regular.

In 1976 Stephen married Beverly and they moved to Kents Hill to expand his family’s business, Kents Hill Lumber, where they worked for the next 36 years. Kents Hill Lumber would later expand to a second store, Homestead Building Supply, managed by Stephen’s sister Bonnie. During those years Stephen and Beverly built a home in Readfield, raised two children, and Stephen was an active member of the community. Stephen was the Readfield representative of FirstPark, in Oakland Maine, from its inception to present.

Stephen dedicated his spare time to his wife and two children. He was involved with all of his children’s activities, whether it was coaching soccer, baseball, driving to gymnastics practices, camping trips with Readfield family friends, taking roadside naps, or sprinting around nordic ski and cross-country courses. Stephen taught his children to love running and he was their biggest fan. He and his wife spent many fall seasons traveling across the country to watch them race. He always offered pre race pep talks, mid race splits and post race congratulations or comforts.

After Stephen retired, he enjoyed traveling with his wife and his friends. Many of his summers and weekends were spent remodeling his family’s two camps and his children’s homes. One retirement activity he kept secret from most friends and family was his enjoyment of writing. He published his first novel Tides under the pen name S. Andrew Morningstar in 2018. He currently has several other novels waiting to be published.

Predeceased by his mother Norma Monsulick, his father Stephen Monsulick Sr., father in-law Fred “Buster” McLaughlin and brother in-law Jimmy Whitten. Survived by his wife Beverly Monsulick, son Stephen Monsulick III and his fiance, Katie Miller, daughter Jennifer Monsulick and her husband, Stephen Bates, mother in-law Eloise McLaughlin, his sister Minerva “Bonnie” Whitten and her children Christopher, Matthew, and Stephen Norman and his sister Madeline “Sis” Leighton, Carroll Leighton and their children Laurie and Lynn, his brother in-law Fred McLaughlin Jr, his wife Eva and their children Shannon and Heather, his sister in-law Brenda McCormack and her husband Peter.

Online condolences and fond memories of Stephen may be shared at http://www.albert-burpee.com

A memorial gathering will be held on Thursday, December 15, at the Augusta Country Club between 12 and 3 p.m.

Arrangements are under the care of Albert & Burpee Funeral Home & Cremation Services 253 Pine St. Lewiston, 782-7201.

In lieu of flowers please consider donating to the Steve DeAngelis Community Fund to support after school activities on their website: stevedfund.org or by mail at Steve DeAngelis Community Fund, 34 Sturtevant Hill Road, Readfield ME, 04355 or to the Kent’s Hill Lumber Scholarship Fund through the Maranacook School system, checks can be made out to RSU #38 with memo line “Kent’s Hill Lumber Scholarship Fund and mailed to

45 Millard Harrison Drive,

Readfield, ME 04355.