SEARSPORT - Iva Elizabeth (Littlefield) Kinney, 81, of Searsport, went to be with her Lord on Dec. 21, 2016. She was born on Cape Jellison in Stockton Springs, the 10th of 11 children born to John Jason and Georgia Emeral "Nellie" Littlefield.

Iva grew up there until they moved to Searsport, where she attended Searsport schools. Her husband and children built and maintained Kinney's Estate and Kinney's Construction in Searsport. Iva was famous for her homemade doughnuts, especially the glazed ones, which will be missed by the many people she shared them with. She even passed them out for treats at Halloween for years.

She and Max married in 1951 and had six children. She is survived by five of them, Deloris I. Merithew and her husband, Anthony, of Searsport, Kathreen Ward and her husband, Douglas, of Searsport, Barbara White and her husband, Timothy, Allen "Brent" Kinney and his wife, Theresa, and Max R. Kinney and his wife, Linda; her brother, Herman Littlefield; 20 grandchildren; many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; as well as many nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by of her both parents; her husband, Max G. Kinney; a son, Kenneth Kinney in 2015, five brothers, Harry, Delbert, Washington, Stellman and Luther; four sisters, Helen Dickey and her husband, Elmer, Margaret and her husband, Don Engburg, Josephine and her husband, Henry Clements, and Jennie and her husband Forest Sanborn.

Family and friends are invited to call on Tuesday, Dec. 27, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., with a funeral service at 1 p.m. at Riposta Funeral Home, 182 Waldo Ave. in Belfast. Burial will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Searsport.