Margaret Sumner

1930 - 2021

Margaret (Marney) Sumner
Margaret (Marney) Sumner, 90, of Durham Point Road died peacefully on February 20, 2021 at Encompass Health and Rehabilitation Hospital in Woburn, MA.
Born November 6, 1930 in Newport, she was the daughter of Mayo and Marion (Armstrong) Strong.
She attended the Mary Hitchcock School of Nursing.
Marney worked as a secretary for many years at Oyster River School District.
In 1979, Marney transferred her DAR membership to Margery Sullivan Chapter in Dover, NH. She served as State Chair of DAR Schools and Ellis Island and is a member of NHSODAR Chapter Regents Club. She served as Chapter Regent 1985-1989. She was honored by the Gagnon Administration, NHSODAR, as their first NH DAR Profile Award recipient in 2014 and in 2020 received the DAR Women in History Award.
She was a member of the Durham Evangelical Church, served as a Pease Greeter for over a 1,000 flights and swam in the Dover pool 3 mornings a week for over 20 years..
Marney was a past president of the Durham Historical Society and she had served as Curator. She volunteered at Operation Blessing in Portsmouth. She, and her late husband Donald, had participated with the NewMarket Militia since 1974 reenacting battles of the Revolution and programs of Colonial Life at area schools. She was a 50 year plus member of the Crescent Chapter 45 of Eastern Star.
She was predeceased by her husband Donald Sumner who died in 2005 and her son Donald Sumner who died in 2007.
Survivors include her son Douglas Sumner and his wife Susan of Exeter, her daughter, Pamela Jennison and her husband Dan of Barrington; her grandchildren and their spouses, Meredith Nadeau (Travis), Sara Steiner (Erik), Donald Sumner, Victoria Jennison (Doug Kane), Diane Jones (Christopher), Kimberly Jennison, Meghan Sumner, Benjamin Sumner, and Jennifer Kastick; 11 great grandchildren, Teagan Nadeau, Delaney Nadeau, Tess Sumner, Tucker Sumner, Joshua Jones, Amber Antos, Chad Antos (Cheyenne) and their children, Paisley and Lila Antos, Bohdan Hale, Orion Jennison-Henderson, Madigan Jennison, Alaeric Schuster (Diane) and one niece, Susan Cano.
A Celebration of Life will take place at a later date.
Visit www.kentandpelczarfh.com to sign an online guestbook.