Marjorie E. Clogston

Marjorie E. Clogston of Wilmington, MA, passed away peacefully on Dec. 3, 2025, with family by her side. She was 98.

Marjorie was born on April 18, 1927. Growing up, she lived on a dairy farm in North Pomfret, VT, with her parents, William H. and Marjorie (Woolley) Warren, and siblings Bill and Charlotte. Marjorie spent eight years attending the Hewittville School, a one-room schoolhouse, before going to high school in Woodstock. After high school, Marjorie attended a three-year nursing program at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover, NH. She graduated in 1949.

While in Hanover, Marjorie met her future husband, Edward Clogston, a student at Dartmouth College. They were married on New Year’s Day, 1950, and lived in Rosedale, NY, for seventeen years. Marge worked as a registered nurse at South Nassau Community Hospital. The couple had three children, Eleanor, Ruth, and Albert. Marge was active in Eastern Star and, along with Ed, volunteered with the recently formed Rosedale Volunteer Ambulance Corp. Marge worked the phones until the organization finally allowed women to ride in the ambulances.

In 1967, Ed accepted a job at Aetna Life in Hartford, CT, and the family moved to nearby South Windsor. Marge got a nursing job at South Windsor Convalescent Home, where she would work for over twenty years. Living in Connecticut made it easier for the family to travel north for skiing, a sport Ed had learned in college. They enjoyed many seasons at Round Top Mountain in Plymouth, VT.

When it became time for retirement, Ed and Marge sold their house in Connecticut and moved to a condo on Mount Ascutney in Brownsville, VT. They loved hosting family there, with Marge putting on big meals and Ed helping the grandchildren learn to ski. Marge taught a senior water aerobics class three times a week at the local fitness center. Marge and Ed became active in the Brownsville Community Church and made yearly ski trips to Utah and Colorado.

In 2015, Marge and Ed moved to Wilmington, MA, to be near their daughter Ruth. They enjoyed attending services at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Reading.

Marge spent her last years at CareOne at Wilmington, where she received compassionate and loving care.

Marge was predeceased by Edward Clogston, her beloved husband of nearly 72 years; her brother and sister-in-law, William S. and Mary Roy Warren; her sister and brother-in-law, Charlotte and James Harvey; and her granddaughter Evelyn West. She is survived by her children Eleanor McClanathan and her husband Peter of Freeport, IL; Ruth Clogston and her husband Christopher West of Reading, MA; and Albert Clogston and his wife Anita Lewisohn of Wimbledon, UK. She also leaves behind ten grandchildren, eight great-children, and many nieces and nephews.

A combined memorial service for Marge and Ed will take place on Sat. April 25, 2026, at 11 am at the Brownsville Community Church in West Windsor, VT. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Ascutney Outdoors (ascutneyoutdoors.org) or to the Lucy Mackenzie Humane Society (lucymac.org).