Grace P. Reynolds

Brunswick- Grace Packard Reynolds, 80, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, at home, surrounded by family. Born on April 15, 1946 in Jefferson, Maine, Grace lived a life of kindness and generosity with a profound love for cultivating the earth and appreciation of nature.

Grace grew up on a small farm in Maine that defined the trajectory of her life. She attended Lincoln Academy in Newcastle, Maine, and then the University of Maine, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Science. She was a member of the University of Maine Singers and developed her style as a singer-songwriter, writing dozens of songs for voice and acoustic guitar. She was also a member of the Maine Outing Club, where she met the love of her life, Robert W. Reynolds. They were married for 56 years. They traveled extensively, including living in South Africa and various places in the northeastern US, until they ultimately settled in Brunswick, NY. There, they raised two daughters while she faithfully tended flower and vegetable gardens and ran a successful garlic farm.

Hillside Organic Farm, with its roadside stand and mail order business, was a labor of love that combined her passion for farming with making positive contributions to her community and people in need. Her true legacy lies in the lives she touched along the way - she was a member of the Garlic Seed Foundation, hired local workers, donated fresh grown produce to food banks, gave informational presentations, and mentored aspiring garlic growers. This legacy lives on in the garlic that she gifted to friends and family that have been planted in new gardens.

Grace was predeceased by her parents, Ned Williams Packard and Ada Maxwell Buxton.

She is survived by her husband, Robert W. Reynolds; two children: Kimberly (Vincent) Reynolds and Karen Reynolds; and four siblings: Robert Packard, Dorothy Stillman, Herbert (Patricia) Packard, and William (Tammy) Packard.

In lieu of flowers, Grace wishes donations to be made to the Farmlink Project, a nonprofit that connects farmers, transporters, and communities so fresh produce can be delivered to where it is needed the most.

Oh, livin' in the country's the only life for me,

With the wind through the forest whinin'

There's elbow room and the grass grows green,

And the sun is always shinin'.

 - Grace Packard Reynolds (1967), Livin' in the Country, [song]