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- Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
June 11, 2010
VERMONT -- Marjorie Elizabeth Moulton Perkins, 90, died peacefully on the evening of Tuesday, June 8, 2010, surrounded by the love of family and many friends. The family's thanks go to the many caregivers who tended her in these last days at The Village at Fillmore Pond, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center and from the At Home Senior Care agency.
Marjorie is survived by her daughter, Deborah Perkins of Bennington, Vt.; her son-in-law, Meredith (Jerry) Handspicker; her sister, Ellen Bedington of Beckenham, England, her sister, Margrett McFadden and brother- in-law Robert of Fairport, N.Y.; and her daughter-in-law, Madeleine of Jacksonville, Fla.
She was predeceased by her husband, Elmer Wentworth Perkins; her son, Edward William Perkins; and her sister, Barbara Scott. She has four grand-children; five great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
She was born in 1919 in Ahmednager, India, the oldest of four daughters born to Congregational missionaries Joseph Langdon Moulton and Florence Hooper Moulton. Her childhood included extensive travel as the family returned periodically to the U.S. on furlough.
She returned permanently to the U.S. to attend Bates College in Lewiston, from which she graduated in 1941 with BA in biology. That same year she married Elmer Perkins, and they lived for many years in South Berwick.
She was a teacher, first at the elementary level, then in high school, where her passion for biology found expression in teaching various sciences. She also received two master's degrees from the University of New Hampshire and was for several years a Master Teacher, supervising student teachers at Somersworth (N.H.) High School.
After her retirement she enjoyed more time for visiting with family here and abroad, and after the death of her husband 'Perk' in 1982, she lived for a time in Auburndale, Mass., close to her daughter, then in Fairport, N.Y., to enjoy proximity to her sister Margrett. Finally she came to Bennington, Vt., at Deborah's request, as one of the earliest residents of The Village at Fillmore Pond, where she has enjoyed many activities and many new friends.
Marjorie was an avid reader, particularly of mystery fiction; a wordsmith, doing puzzles and writing doggerel; she knitted, sewed, embroidered; she was quick to become computer-literate and embraced the progress of electronic media. From the earliest days, she was an avid student and supporter of human adventures outside the confines our fragile blue planet. As increasing age limited her activities, she particularly enjoyed excursions by car into the lovely environs of Vermont and nearby New York and Massachusetts, and she loved to have lunch at a diner. A favorite summer trip took her to the shores of Seneca Lake, one of New York's beautiful Finger Lakes, to spend precious time with family.
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