Marguerite Jones Brackett passed away on December 19, 2023, at the age of 94. She was born on October 19, 1929, to Merle S. and Doris Shuman Jones, educators from the Windsor area who moved around central Maine for their work, spending every summer at the family farm in Weeks Mills. Margie was athletic and active and played basketball at Walker High School in Liberty. She studied at the University of Maine and graduated in 1950 with a B.A. in Music. At university, she met Allen Brackett, an engineering student who was several years older, having served in the U.S Army during the war. They married in 1951 and were rarely apart for the next 71 years.

They moved to Kittery, where they raised two exceptionally bright and well-adjusted children. Margie enjoyed playing piano and often volunteered at St. Mark's United Methodist Church where they were steadfast members for nearly 60 years.

Margie always loved sports and followed all the New England teams, especially the Red Sox and the Celtics. She loved to swim and water ski and the family spent many happy hours at their camping spots on George's Lake in Liberty and on Square Pond in Acton. She and Allen square danced for many years together. Margie became the Kool Aid mom to a street full of kids who played hard in the yard beside the house. She also loved to read and shared that with the kids, even when camping she would read entire books out loud by the campfire. After Allen retired, they traveled and spent nearly every winter in Zephyrhills, Florida.

Margie was preceded in death by her husband of 71 years, Allen R Brackett. She is survived by her sister Edna Mitchell, daughter Allane Brackett Ball and husband Steve, son Russell V. Brackett and wife Linda, grandsons Benjamin E. Ball and Jonathan A. Ball, four great grandchildren and one great great grandson. A service will be held in Kittery in the spring.