Machias – Bonnie Ellen (Bassett) Healy of Whiting leaves $207,716 of her estate to Down East Community Hospital.
CEO, Steve Lail, on the donation, “We are very appreciative and humbled to receive this very generous donation from Bonnie Healy. It is coming at a time when hospitals are experiencing challenging changes in state and federal reimbursements. This donation will help us to continue our mission to improve healthcare for those in Sunrise County. I didn’t have the pleasure of knowing Mrs. Healy but am so grateful she thought of us and the healthcare of the people in this county.”
Bonnie, who chose to spend her later years in Washington County with her husband, was originally from Massachusetts. Bonnie was born in Brockton Mass and raised in Easton. She graduated from Oliver Ames High School in North Easton and went on to graduate from Framingham State University. She began her career as a Home Economics teacher and a few years later decided to open a fabric and yarn shop in Cape Cod. She knitted many beautiful sweaters and displayed them in her shop so her customers could see the yarn in a finished product.
Bonnie married the love of her life, Leonard Gordon Healy, Jr. They had 49 years of adventure before Len passed away in 2022. In the early 1990s Bonnie and Len moved from the Cape to Downeast Maine where they established the Moon River Press where they republished the 1880s New England County Atlases and a series of lithographs. During this time, Bonnie found her passion for researching family histories and became well-known for her genealogical research, especially with families of the town of Trescott. Bonnie was also active in numerous other local historical societies and focused on documenting the lives of the town’s historical members. Bonnie and Len were the founding members of the Trescott Historical Society, spearheading trips to local cemeteries to document and map. They also organized public speakers to keep locals informed on important topics and wrapped up each year with an annual picnic at Quoddy Head State Park.
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