BOSCAWEN ---- Margaret 'Margie' and 'Peggy' E. Robinson, (91), formerly of Bristol, NH, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at Merrimack County Nursing Home, Boscawen NH.
Margie was born on January 23, 1933, in Concord, NH, the daughter of the late Robert A. MacKenzie and Jean (White) MacKenzie.
Margie graduated from Concord High School in 1950 and Massachusetts Memorial Hospital School of Medical Technology in 1953. She worked over twenty years as a medical technologist for Elliot Hospital. Margie also worked at Concord Hospital, Laconia Hospital and Franklin Regional Hospitals for a brief period of time.
Margie worked summers at Pleasant View Farm, Bristol, NH. She met the love of her life, Randolph Robinson, at Wellington State Park on Newfound Lake, Bristol, NH. They married in Fairbanks, AK, in September 1954. They shared 53 loving years together before he passed in April of 2008. Margie resided in Concord, Manchester, and Bedford, NH, until 1971, when her family moved to Bristol, NH.
Margie loved quilting. She was a member of the Country Village Quilters. She created scores of beautiful quilts including one for each grandchild. She donated several quilts to residents of the Veterans Home in Tilton, NH, and for a grandchild school fundraising event. She was also an avid reader and an active member of the Bristol Senior Center.
Margie is survived by son Bradford and his wife Kimberly, of Bridgewater, NH; daughter Janet and her husband Harold Rice, of Nashua, NH; son Brian and his wife Rebecca “Becky,” of Laconia, NH; brother Robert MacKenzie and his wife Donna, of Haddem, CT; sisters Florence McMillan, of Durham, NC, and Catherine and her husband Harold Welch, of Selkirk Manitoba, Canada; 8 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
A Celebration of Life Graveside Service will be held on Friday, May 9, 2025 at 11:00 am at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery, 110 Daniel Webster Highway, Boscawen, NH.
A reception will be announced at a later date.
For those who wish, memorial donations in Margie’s name can be made to the Bristol Senior Center, PO Box 266, Bristol, NH 03222.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services/603Cremations.com and Emmons Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, NH, 03246, is assisting the family with arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial, please visit wilkinsonbeane.com.