Marguerite Arsenault, 83, passed away at home in Malden on November 14th, 2009. She was born in Chelsea on August 13th, 1926 to her parents James and Selena (Noseworthy) Brown. She was raised and educated in Chelsea and has been a resident of Malden for the past twenty years. Marguerite was a homemaker who enjoyed spending time with her family. She is survived by her children, Diane Johnson and her husband Robert of Chandler, AZ, James Arsenault of Chelsea, John Arsenault and his wife Debbie of Billerica, Denise Carthas and her husband Richard of Bridgewater, NJ and Joseph Arsenault of Chelsea; by her grandchildren Stacy, Melissa, Judith, Heather, Matthew, Richard and Kristen; by her great grandchildren Taylor, Cody and Chase; and by her siblings, Clifford Brown of Melrose, Marion Martin of California and Patricia Walker of Michigan. Along with her parents, Marguerite was predeceased by her husband Joseph F. Arsenault and by her siblings Roy, Donald and James Brown Jr. and Blanche Lang. Relatives and friends are invited to attend her funeral service at the Breslin Funeral Home, 610 Pleasant St., Malden on Friday November 20th at 10 AM. Services will conclude with interment in Puritan Lawn Memorial Park in Peabody. Visiting hours will be held at the funeral home on Thursday November 19th from 3-8 PM. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to Affinity Hospice of Life, 14 Crosby Drive, Bedford, MA 01730.