Simone Margot Spicer was born to Dr. William T. Roussin and Simone Beaulieu Roussin in Biddeford, Maine on July 6, 1934. As a child she spent summers in a cottage "down't the beach" at Kinney Shores with her brothers Teddy and Mickey, surrounded by extended family, including many aunts and their children. Margot's love of fried clams was unrivaled, and she always sang the praises of clams in batter over crumbs in family debates.
Margot graduated from Thornton Academy in 1952, and attended the University of New Hampshire until 1954 before joining her beloved cousin Polly for adventures in Europe. Noteworthy stories included living briefly above a pastry shop while studying at the Sorbonne, and a conga line on the ocean liner home from Greece, where Margot had a third-class cabin next to the engine. Margot later moved to Manhattan's West Village and worked as an assistant on an educational TV show at NBC, "Continental Classroom", where she met several minor celebrities, as well as hipsters at the Village's landmark Cedar Bar.
In 1962 Margot married Ed Spicer and promptly returned to Europe, spending a year in Madrid, where Ed studied Spanish and where her daughter Simone was born. They settled in Massachusetts in 1964, where Ed taught Spanish at Bradford College and daughters Ruby and Rachel were born. Margot later studied ceramics at the Boston MFA school and went on to teach ceramics at Bradford. This began her long career as a potter and artist in which she made everything from tableware to large, decorative vessels and platters in several signature styles.
Margot and Ed moved to West Palm Beach, Florida in 1981, where Margot continued to teach and create ceramics. After a divorce, Margot settled into a small 1920s Spanish Mission house, not far from the beach, where she created a studio and cultivated a tropical paradise in her backyard. She returned home to Maine in 2024, settling in Portland near her daughter Ruby and delighting in summer beach days, changing seasons, tennis on TV, and reading almost anything that crossed her path.
Margot is survived by daughters Simone, Ruby, and Rachel, granddaughters Sally, Ava, and Charlotte, and great-grandchildren Olive, Amos, and (due very soon) Magpie.
Margot graduated from Thornton Academy in 1952, and attended the University of New Hampshire until 1954 before joining her beloved cousin Polly for adventures in Europe. Noteworthy stories included living briefly above a pastry shop while studying at the Sorbonne, and a conga line on the ocean liner home from Greece, where Margot had a third-class cabin next to the engine. Margot later moved to Manhattan's West Village and worked as an assistant on an educational TV show at NBC, "Continental Classroom", where she met several minor celebrities, as well as hipsters at the Village's landmark Cedar Bar.
In 1962 Margot married Ed Spicer and promptly returned to Europe, spending a year in Madrid, where Ed studied Spanish and where her daughter Simone was born. They settled in Massachusetts in 1964, where Ed taught Spanish at Bradford College and daughters Ruby and Rachel were born. Margot later studied ceramics at the Boston MFA school and went on to teach ceramics at Bradford. This began her long career as a potter and artist in which she made everything from tableware to large, decorative vessels and platters in several signature styles.
Margot and Ed moved to West Palm Beach, Florida in 1981, where Margot continued to teach and create ceramics. After a divorce, Margot settled into a small 1920s Spanish Mission house, not far from the beach, where she created a studio and cultivated a tropical paradise in her backyard. She returned home to Maine in 2024, settling in Portland near her daughter Ruby and delighting in summer beach days, changing seasons, tennis on TV, and reading almost anything that crossed her path.
Margot is survived by daughters Simone, Ruby, and Rachel, granddaughters Sally, Ava, and Charlotte, and great-grandchildren Olive, Amos, and (due very soon) Magpie.
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