Margaret Ann Schlaack

LIVERMORE – Margaret Ann Schlaack, 83, passed away at Clover Manor the afternoon of June 4, 2022, from heart and COPD complications.Marge was born in Detroit, Mich., on Sept. 25, 1938. She met her late husband, John G. Schlaack, at Higgins Lake, Mich., and they married on Dec. 23, 1960. With John in the Navy, they lived in Corpus Christi, Texas, Long Beach, Calif., Adak, Alaska, and Brunswick, Maine. She either taught or worked with programs for children in each place they traveled, and they made many special friends along the way. They lived in Durham for many years, where they raised their daughters. Marge taught 5th and 6th grade in the Williams-Cone Elementary School in Topsham for 35 years. John [assed away on Jan.12, 2017, after 56 years of marriage.Marge was a graduate of Central Michigan University with a double major in Home Economics and Education. She was very proud of this accomplishment, having paid her way completely on her own.Marge is survived by her daughters and their husbands, Tanya Lee and Kurt E. Schaub of Livermore, and Erika Lynn and Marc A. Gardner of Auburn; and grandsons Antony Z. & Lukas J-L Gardner of Auburn. She is also survived by her Godchildren Rev. Marraine Kettell, Herb Kettell, and Donald Bakken; and by her siblings, Beverly Chase, Leah Honus, Karen Sue Gibson, and Jim Landry. She was predeceased by her parents, Dorothy Hill and Morris Landry.There will be a celebration of life from 10 a.m. to noon on Sunday, July 24, at McLaughlin Garden, South Paris, Maine. A graveside service for family only will be held at the Southern Maine Memorial Veterans Cemetery in Springvale.
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