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Marilyn Patten MacQueston

1930 - 2017

Marilyn Patten MacQueston obituary, 1930-2017, Savannah, GA

BORN

1930

DIED

2017

FUNERAL HOME

Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors - Islands Chapel

4605 Highway 80 E

Savannah, Georgia

Marilyn MacQueston Obituary

Marilyn Patten MacQueston, 87, died Wednesday, March 22, 2017. She was born in Torrington, CT on February 1, 1930, the daughter of Stanley H. and Sylvia F. Patten. She graduated from Cape Elizabeth High School in Cape Elizabeth, Maine and Westbrook College in Portland, Maine. She was employed by the Guy P. Gannett Broadcasting Co. for 15 years.

Mrs. MacQueston was married to Robert C. MacQueston, Jr. for fifty years. Marilyn and Bob enjoyed snow skiing, power boating and enjoying the out of doors whenever possible. They had two sons, Robert C. III and Scott S. MacQueston. The family moved to Savannah, GA in 1994 where they enjoyed watching their grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Charles MacQuestion, Jr.

Surviving are two sons, Robert C. MacQueston, III (Shanan); Scott S. MacQueston of Savannah; Bobbi Jo MacQueston of Lexington, KY; grandchildren, Anthony D. and Elizabeth A. MacQueston of Manchester, NH; Conner Aiden, Robert C. IV, Marilyn Allison MacQueston of Savannah; Kade Bear MacQueston of Lexington, KY.

A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, March 27, 2017 in the Greenwich section of Bonaventure Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers the family requests remembrances to the American Cancer Society, 4849 Paulsen St., Suite 102, Savannah, GA 31405 or the Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer and Research Pavilion, 225 Candler Dr., Savannah, GA 31405.

Please sign our online guestbook at www.foxandweeks.com

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Savannah Morning News on Mar. 24, 2017.

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