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= Early Life = Rhonda (Mitchell) Frey was Born December 30, 1955. She was the daughter of the late Matthew and Juanita ( Nicholas) Mitchell. She was raised on Indian Island

= Family = She is survived by a son, James H. Lolar and his wife, Sarah, of Gardiner; two grandchildren, Rowyn and Avery Lolar; 10 siblings, Valerie (Mitchell) Carter and her husband, Cliff, Burnell Mitchell and his wife, Pauline, Mark Mitchell and his wife, Kathy, all of Indian Island, Dale Mitchell of Orono, Lisa (Mitchell) Shirland and her husband, Robert, Seth Mitchell and his wife, Sherri, all of Indian Island, Melissa Mitchell and her partner, Robert Leavitt, of Dexter, Nicole (Mitchell) Sockbeson and her husband, Andy, of Indian Island, Patty Mitchell and her partner, Dana Newell, of Indian Township and Sara (Mitchell) Knapp and her husband, Ben, of Indian Island; Aunts, Blanche Sockabasin and Patricia Sockabasin, both of Indian Township, Ursula Newell of Pleasant Point and Hilda Gray of Indian Island; uncles, Gerry Mitchell of Alabama, Moses Neptune and Andrew Dana, both of Pleasant Point; 30 nieces and nephews, eight great-nieces and great-nephews, many cousins and many close friends across the country. She was predeceased by her parents, Matthew and Nikki Mitchell; a brother, Matthew Mitchell Jr.; a grandson, Aiden Lolar; a niece, Stephanie Mitchell; and a nephew, Jacob Mitchell.

= Career = For many years the only american journalist in Maine that worked in television, radio, and print. Rhonda produce a radio show called Indigenous Voice for WERU, a community- supported, non commerical station in Blue Hill. she also worked for Penobscot nation as a human resouces counselor.She graduated from the University of Maine, Orono, where she received bachelor degrees in journalism and history. She worked as a producer for Channel 5’s 11 o’clock News at WABI-TV in Bangor. During the 1970s, she served as a police officer for Penobscot Nation. For the past several years she was the human resources coordinator for Penobscot Nation, Indian Island. Frey was a member of the University of Maine Oratorical Society and St. Ann’s Catholic Church Voices of the Dawn Choir on Indian Island.

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