Kitty Wheeler, age 83, of Bath died of a stroke at Midcoast Hospital on Oct. 23, 2022.

She was an amazing woman, a wonderful wife of 57 years and a wonderful mother of four children.

She grew up in St. Louis, Missouri where she met her husband, Mark, who was a medical student at Washington University. They lived in Portland, Oregon for 30 years. They moved to Maine in 1996.

She graduated from Boston University and achieved two masters degrees: English and urban planning. She traveled the world, 60 countries in all. In addition to being a “super mom,” she was a tour guide, a freelance writer, and an enthusiastic outdoors person. She was hostess to many dinner parties and volunteered for many nonprofit organizations

Besides her husband, she is survived by son Timothy of Portland Oregon, son Andrew of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, son Geoffrey of Madison Connecticut and daughter Beth of Carbondale, Colorado, and 10 grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held in the spring of 2023.

Memorial contributions may be made to Kennebec Valley Land Trust, MidCoast Literacy, or Grace Church in Bath.