Marguerite Hare "Peg" Browne

Marguerite Browne Obituary

Browne, Marguerite Hare "Peg"
Brockport: On Tuesday, May 11, 2010. Predeceased by her husband Gerald L. Browne, parents Cyril and Gertrude Stanton Hare, siblings Ruth Deming, Donald M. Hare, sister-in-law Marilyn Hare and nephew David Heise. She is survived by siblings Dorothy Heise, Bette Meadows, G. Stanley Hare, Cyril (Beverly) Hare Jr., sister in-law Sandra M. Hare, nieces and nephews Julie (Larry) Carter, Mary Claire Heise, Trudy (Russell) Dawson, Howard (Nancy) Deming, Robert (Sheila) Cummings, Michael (Pamela) Cummings, Peggy (Al) Mercer, Deborah Cummings, Thomas (Karla) Hare, James (Joan) Hare, Richard (Denise) Hare, Patricia (Robert) Vanderstouw, C. Leonard Hare, Cindy Lou Hare (Douglas Haslip), Scarlet (David) Moore, Peter M. (Cynthia) Hare, Tamsin (Craig) Mac Donald, many great-nieces, great-nephews and numerous special friends. Peg was Professor Emerita of Education at the College at Brockport SUNY. She was an outstanding educator committed to excellence.
There will be no prior calling hours. A Celebration of Peg's Life will be held Sunday, May 16th, 3:00 PM at the BrockportUnited Methodist Church. Interment will be at the convenience of the family. Friends may make contributions to the Marguerite Hare Browne Professional Education Awards and Scholarships Fund (MHBPEAS) c/o the Brockport Foundation, The College at Brockport, Brockport, NY 14420. Please visit www.fowlerfuneralhomeinc.com to light a candle in her memory.

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Published by Rochester Democrat And Chronicle from May 12 to May 15, 2010.

Memories and Condolences
for Marguerite Browne

5 Entries

Roxanne Johnston

May 13, 2010

Peg Browne’s vision, leadership, influence, generosity and hard work helped to create the scholarship program that continues to grow at The College at Brockport today. She has left a special legacy that will benefit students far into the future. She will be dearly missed and long remembered.

Donna Noble

May 12, 2010

I (and all of education!) have lost a dear friend and a supurb, energetic educator!! Peg made a difference in the lives of so many who have known her and worked in the light of her beliefs and goals. Her dynamic influence will continue, and we will be proud to have been a part of that unending legacy to learning. Peg... you are missed and loved!

Linda Weidig

May 12, 2010

I first remember Peg as a teacher at the Campus School when I was in the fourth grade. She was a colleague and friend to my mother, Marion and my stepfather William Nestle. I have very fond memories of Peg and Gerry living next door to us on Adams Street, with their poodle, as I recall named Penny. Despite the early deaths of her brother Don and her husband Jerry, she always was an enthusiastic and energized individual and dedicated to her profession as an educator, even post retirement.

Peg maintained contact with my Mom over the years. One of the most memorial times was with Peg and Jeanette D’Agostino Banker when they were at my home in Portland, Oregon. They enjoyed an evening of bar-be-que, conversation and walks down many memory lanes together under the incredible clear evening Oregon sky. It was if they still lived side by side.

In the mid nineties, Peg and others held a lunch, at the Colonial Inn for my sister, Tina and me, when we were in Brockport for my high school reunion. There were so many colleagues of my mother’s and Peg’s and town persons that were such a significant part of our lives during our many years living in Brockport. What an occasion!

I am still grabbling with my own Mother’s death on January 30th and now thinking of Peg only continues to stir the memories of the past. Peg was one hell of life’s contributors to an indescribable number of people.

Sandy, out of all of Peg’s family outside of Gerry, I only knew you and Don. I just want you to know that I share your grief about Peg’s death. As with my Mom, it was inevitable, but it is surely a huge loss and I am thinking of you and yours.

Linda Weidig

Susan Skelton

May 12, 2010

I had Miss Hare in the 3rd grade (1959) in the Campus school and I never forgot her. She was a lovely person and a great teacher. She had spent some time in Germany and taught us many things about it including the song "O Tannenbaum". Strangely, I've lived in Berlin for many years now and have often thought of her and indeed often spoken of her. Because of her, thankfully, I've never drank coca cola, not after she showed us what it does to a tooth in a glass of coke! My deepest condolences to her family. I was deeply saddened to hear of her passing. I'm sure it was a full and valuable life she left behind. I light a candle in her memory.

Mo & Carol Beers

May 12, 2010

Our condolences to Peg's family and friends. We have only good memories of this wonderful lady.

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