JULIANA PATIENCE VON KIENBUSCH LITTLE MOUNT DESERT - Juli- lery at College of the Atlantic cherished the visits of her chil- ana Patience "Patsy" von Kien- in Bar Harbor. She passed on dren and grandchildren. Her busch Little, 86, daughter of her love of art and poetry to son David and daughter Liza Carl Otto von Kienbusch and her children. Her marriage lived nearby and were with her Mildred Clarke Pressinger von to Mr. Little ended in divorce nearly every day. Kienbusch, died at Birchwoods in 1985. In 1989 Ms. Little Ms. Little is survived by at Canco in Portland on Jan. moved to Somesville, drawn her five children: Lucy Tucker 17, 2012. She was born Jan. 17, to the area by her brother, the of Hastings-on-Hudson, New 1926, in New York City. abstract expressionist land- York; David Little of Portland; Her father was a business- scape painter William Kien- Liza Little of South Portland; man, philanthropist and col- busch who had a studio on Carl Little of Somesville; and lector. She attended the Brear- Great Cranberry Island. She John Little of Seattle, Wash. ley School, Chatham Hall and enjoyed life on Mount Des- She loved her grandchildren: Bryn Mawr College, majoring ert Island. She loved the trails Elizabeth and Annie Tucker; in English and was an editor of the literary journal; she once Juliana Patience "Patsy" and carriage paths. These ex- Sadie Secor; Erica and Caitlin von Kienbusch periences, along with winters Little; and Emily and James successfully solicited W.H. spent on Water Island off of Little. Her first great-grand- Auden for a poem. She gradu- St. Thomas, were among her child, Owen Arthur Sander- ated from Bryn Mawr in 1947 detective novels of Dick Fran- fondest memories. She was an son, was born earlier in the and married John Watson cis or the poetry of Derek avid traveler. month. She was predeceased Little II in 1948. They had five Walcott. She spread the joy of In 2000, Ms. Little moved by her brother William Kien- children: Lucy, David, Liza, reading to her students and to an apartment on the East- busch and her sister Millicent Carl and John. her children. For several years ern Promenade in Portland. Clarke Kelley. In the 1960s Ms. Little with the help of Geneva Davis, With her views of Casco Bay, A private family service is worked as librarian and sub- she ran a summer program for her balcony garden and the planned for the spring. Those stitute teacher at the St. Da- disadvantaged children at her vibrant community of Mun- wishing to honor her memory vid's School in New York City; home in Water Mill, Long Is- joy Hill nearby, her 10 years are invited to make a dona- among her favorite students land. Ms. Little was a painter, there were happy ones. In De- tion to the Hospice Fund at was John-John Kennedy. A specializing in still lifes. Her cember 2010 she broke her hip the Maine Community Foun- passionate reader, she loved work was shown at Southamp- and moved to Birchwoods at dation, 245 Main Street, Ells- literature, whether it was the ton College and the Blum Gal- Canco; she loved the staff and worth ME 04605.