Margaret E. Davies, of Wiscasset, died Jan. 11 at Mid Coast Senior Health Care Center, Brunswick.
She was born Margaret Estelle Tannahill in Virginia City in 1918. A top scholar she helped out by tutoring some of her Piute Indian classmates. Later she graduated from University High School, then went on to get a degree in economics.
She married a Coast Guard officer, Ward Davies, and made her home in Alaska, California, Washington and half a dozen eastern states.
Margaret lived a very full life. She loved gardens and started them wherever she lived. She was a much-experienced traveler in the USA and in Europe. She was active as librarian in a Catholic school, as a religion teacher, as a Girl Scout leader and as a Boy Scout Den Mother. She helped as a member of a Salvation Army Advisory Board and took part in Audubon Society bird counts. She was a docent in the art galley on the Bowdoin campus.
Margaret leaves behind her husband; two sons; two daughters; ten grandchildren; and four great grandchildren.
Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m., Tues., Jan. 15 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Bath.
Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Arrangements are by David E. Desmond & Son Funeral Home, 638 High St., Bath.
