August 12, 2020
MacKinnon, Margaret L.
Margaret Louise (Greene) MacKinnon, a resident of Dedham, died Friday, August 7, 2020 at the Faulkner Hospital in Boston. She was 90. Margaret was born February 22, 1930 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the eight children of John Richard and Catherine (Lilly) Greene. She graduated with honors at age 16 with the Class of 1946 from Roxbury Memorial High School, and later took classes at the New England Banking Institution. At age 22 she was promoted to the position of credit manager for a store in Providence, Rhode Island. She moved on to become a manager for the Hancock Bank and then a bank officer for the Bank of New England. Margaret summered at Blackman’s Point in Marshfield, and enjoyed her winter time at Fort Meyers and West Palm Beach. Margaret was the wife of 47 years of the late George Young MacKinnon who predeceased her in 2002. She is survived by her daughter, Sheila Cook, and her husband Lawrence III, of Hanson; her three sons, George Young MacKinnon Jr., and his wife Noella, of Lunenberg, James Young MacKinnon, and his wife Karen, of Mansfield, and Paul Greene MacKinnon of Springfield, VA; her daughter-in-law Donna MacKinnon of New Hampshire; a brother, Thomas Greene of Arizona; two sisters, Roseanne Orsino of Melrose, and Patricia Wileman of Florida; her 14 grandchildren, Angela, Andrew, Amanda, Jillian, Devon, Meaghan, Emily, Kevin, Michael, Gianna, Brady, Connor, Shannon, and Gillian; and her great granddaughter, Nora. Margaret was the mother of the late John Young MacKinnon who predeceased her in 2012; and the sister of the late John Greene, the late Bessie Dewing, the late Mary Woods, and the late Kay Burke. Services and interment in Brookdale Cemetery, Dedham will be private.
“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.”
Psalm 116:15
Love you Mom
Don’t grieve for me, for now I’m free
I’m following the path God laid for me
I took his hand when I heard Him call
I turned my back and left it all.
I could not stay another day.
To laugh, to love, to work or play.
Tasks left undone must stay that way,
I found that peace at the close of day.
If my parting has left a void,
Then fill it up with remembered joy.
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss,
Oh, yes these things I too will miss.
Be not burdened with times of sorrow,
I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.
My life’s been full, I savored much.
Good friends, good times, a loved one’s touch.
Perhaps my time seemed all too brief,
Don’t lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift up your heart and share with me,
God wanted me now, He set me free!
Peg was a strong, intelligent, lovely woman who did thing her way with grace and humor always. She was loved and will be missed.
Aunt Peggy was a jewel. I spent several summer weeks w her and my cousins. Perhaps it was something she sensed but she always would tell me “You are beautiful ” Those words are forever etched in my heart as is she and my cousins. I love you Aunt Peggy and am thankful for the time that we had.