Marguerite M Spence

Marguerite Merrill "Peggy" Spence passed away on March 15, 2013 at Exeter Center surrounded by her family. She was born in Lyman, Maine on February 25, 1920. Marguerite graduated from a one room school house in 1938 and went on to Boston University where she earned a degree in Home Economics. She put her training to use early on as a dietician at Henrietta Goodall Hospital, in Sanford Maine and later as a ptissier at Spicer's Galley in Cape Porpoise, Maine along with her home kitchen. Following the end of World War II she married Ralph Gordon Spence. They were married until his death in 1979. Marguerite lived with her family for many years in Cape Porpoise, Maine before moving to Rochester in 1961, where she lived until 2009 when she moved to Newfields. Marguerite was dedicated to her family and friends. She was always quick to give advice, lend a hand, or sit and share one of her many stories. She loved to cook, garden, watch the birds, knit, and spend time with family. Marguerite worked at the Rochester...