Marguerite Louisa Hatch

Marguerite Louisa Hatch, 83
1942 - 2025
MARBLEHEAD - Marguerite Louisa (Ure) Hatch, age 83 of Marblehead, passed away peacefully on June 18, surrounded by her family. She was born in St. Louis to the late John Stewart Ure and Marion (Porter) Ure, and raised in Oak Park, Ill. She was a resident of Marblehead for 59 years. Marguerite was kind, intelligent, fun, open minded, and greatly enjoyed being surrounded by her loved ones.
She attended Wheaton College in Norton, MA, graduating in 1964 with a degree in English Literature. Not long after graduation, she was recruited by the First National Bank of Boston as a technical writer of manuals for the new computers being implemented. She soon decided that computer language was as interesting as the English one, and moved on to programming computers and ultimately advanced to senior manager of a large and talented team in the database department. It was not uncommon for her to be called in the middle of the night to drive to Dorchester to help get the computers back online throughout the 1980s and 1990s. She spent her entire career with the Bank, retiring in 2000 after seeing the Bank through the "Y2K bug."
She met her future husband, Bill, of Beverly, on a blind date her freshman year of college, and soon delighted in his large and boisterous North Shore family. She decided then that the East Coast was her home. They married in 1964, and after living on Beacon Hill they moved to Marblehead in 1966. There they raised their two daughters in the Devereux/Goldthwait neighborhood, spending summer vacations cruising on their Pearson to Cape Cod and the islands. She also enjoyed tennis, gardening, reading, hosting holiday dinners, attending Old North Church, and managing the books for Bill's local business.
After Marguerite and Bill retired, they fulfilled their dream of seeing the world. They saw the western National Parks, went to many countries on cruise ships, and had a particular love for Italy, to which they returned many times. During the summers they pointed their compass north and cruised on their boat to Maine.
Marguerite leaves her husband, Bill of Marblehead, her daughters Jean (Walter) Tierney of Heber City, UT, and Becky (Kevin) McKernan of Marblehead, and her grandchildren, Alex, Meghan, Caleb, Elsa, and Declan. She also leaves her sister, Jean Hoagland of Carbondale, Ill, as well as many nieces, nephews, brothers & sisters in law.
Service Information: Services will be held at Old North Church on Thursday, July 17 at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Edith Dodge Memorial Fund, or the Marblehead Female Humane Society. Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at eustisandcornellfuneralhome.com for Marguerite's family.