Marguerite “Peggy” Kent Repass gently passed from this life on Dec. 7, 2019 at her home in Vero Beach, Florida. Born in Newton, Peggy was the daughter of Robert Willard Kent and Dorothy Elkins Kent.

Peggy attended Newton High School and the University of Rhode Island, where she was captain of the rifle team. Active throughout her life, Peggy regularly practiced yoga, Tai Chi and Qui Gong, enjoyed tennis, biking, sailing, and golf. She hit a hole-in-one in her ninetieth year.

She was a member of The Kittansett Club, The 200 Club, Beverly Yacht Club, and the Moorings. Peggy volunteered as a Librarian in Norwell, and later in Marion. Peggy took many courses in watercolor, printmaking, collage, book binding, calligraphy, gardening, genealogy, and Japanese flower arranging, among others. She loved complex solitaire games and puzzles.

Peggy loved to read and was a founding member of the Marion book club. “Reading, she said, inspires the imagination.” At 95, she embarked on a project for the Elizabeth Tabor Library in Marion to make the access to the entrance easier for young and old alike. Her vision was to create a community gathering place with a reading circle garden, and to enable ADA access while keeping the integrity of this historic building. She was awarded Marion Woman of The Year in 2018 to acknowledge her quiet philanthropy.

Her legacy of protecting the earth and its’ oceans is reflected in the naming of the Marguerite Kent Repass Ocean Conservation Center at Duke University.

Her no nonsense, practical approach to life has earned her life-long friendships and the deep respect of her adoring family. She was predeceased by her loving husband of seventy-one years, George Herbert Repass and her daughter Wendy Suozzo. She is survived by her son Randy Repass, and daughter-in-law Sally-Christine, son George “Jay” Repass, and daughter-in-law Trish, son-in-law James Suozzo, grandchildren, Elizabeth, Randy Jr., and Kent-Harris Repass, Christopher, and Matthew Suozzo, and great-grandchildren Gardner, George and Quinn Holmes, and Mukunda, Puspasara and Balaram Repass, and her caregiver Vilma Bryan.

A remembrance gathering will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Elizabeth Tabor Library garden fund Marion.