Educator, active member of the Union Congregational Church
Published April 29, 2021
PEABODY — Marjorie Ann Marshall, 91, of Peabody, formerly of Cromwell, Conn. and Reading, died Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at Winchester Hospital.
She was born in Rutland, Vermont on August 19, 1929 and was the daughter of the late David and E. Marjorie (Baker) Marshall.
Marjorie graduated from Stoneham High School, Class of 1947. She then went off to Boston University graduating with a bachelor of science degree in Education in 1951 and her master’s degree in Education in 1952.
Marjorie was a teacher and guidance counselor for the Wilmington Public Schools from 1952 to 1974. She was a member of the Wilmington Teachers’ Association, Massachusetts School Teachers Association, Middlesex County Teachers Association, Massachusetts School Counselors Association, Merrimack Valley Guidance Association, New England and American Personnel & Guidance Associations, Massachusetts Association of Women Deans & Counselors, New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Alpha Phi International Sorority, and State Alumnae Chairman. She was also a member of the Wilmington Women’s Club and the Ladies Oriental Shrine of North America.
Marjorie was an active member of the Union Congregational Church in North Reading for many years. She served as a Religious Education Director, Board of Deacons, Entre Nous Circle President, Sunday School teacher, and a member of the Worship Committee. In Connecticut, she was a member of the Covenant Congregational Church in Cromwell and in the Covenant Village of Cromwell, a Library Committee Chairman. She was president of the Scottish Club at Brooksby Village.
Family members include her loving brother, David W. Marshall and his late wife Bette (Clark) Marshall; her niece, Laura Elisabeth and her husband Timothy Beaulieu, and her nephews, David Scott Marshall and his wife Melinda McIntire and James Clark Marshall. She is also survived by eight great nieces and great nephews.
Her funeral will be held at the Union Congregational Church, 148 Haverhill Street, North Reading on Tuesday, May 4 at 11 a.m. Calling hours will be held at the Croswell Funeral Home, 19 Bow Street, North Reading on Monday, May 3 from 4 to 7 p.m. Burial will be in Puritan Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Peabody. To send a message of condolences please visit: www.croswellfuneralhome.com.
