Carol A. Slay Burgess Keene, 88, passed away on Tuesday, July 23, 2024.

Carol was born July 16, 1936 in Sacketts Harbor, N.Y. to Virginia Della Dougherty and Noel Grover Slay.

Carol grew up in Maine, and graduated from the Windham High School in 1954. She lived many years in the Portland/South Portland and Sebago Lake areas of Maine. 

Curtis Gray of Bridgton was her half-brother.

Carol worked for a time at The Bridgton News in the early 1980s.

Carol’s life passion was horses and the wilderness. She had horses well into her 70s and lived in Southern California for many years.

She will be missed by all her children, John (Jackie) Keene, Donna Burgess Graffam, Raymond M. Burgess and Thomas Burgess.

Memories can be shared at https://www.forevermissed.com/carol-a-slayburgesskeene/about