PEABODY: Margaret "Margot" Royce Porter, 83, formerly of Andover, passed away peacefully Friday, October 2, 2009. She was the wife of the late Alan Kimball Porter who died in 1988.
Born in Dedham on July 10, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Frank Ames and Margaret (Newlin) Royce of Millis and Dover. She attended Milton Academy and Leslie College.
Margot married Alan Kimball Porter of Brookline, MA in 1946. They shared forty-two years of marriage. Margot and Kim lived with their four children in Lexington until 1960 before moving to Andover.
She was active in a variety of community activities including The American Field Service and Samaritans. She was a beloved after-school art teacher over the years for many Andover children in her Imagination Studio overlooking Haggett's Pond.
Her interest were many and varied, including spiritualism and dousing. In her later years, Margot was a resident of the intentional community Sirius in Shrewsbury, Newburyport and most recently of Brooksby Village in Peabody. She will be missed by her many dear friends and especially by her family.
She is survived by her daughter, Shilo Porter of Peterborough, NH, two sons, Alan and his wife, Lois Porter of Haverhill and Whit and his wife, Molly Porter of Moraga, CA, four grandchildren, Katy Porter of Brooklyn, NY, Kyle Frederick Porter of Haverhill, Max Porter-Elliott of Sonoma, CA and Ives Kimball Porter of Peterborough, NH, three loving sisters, Jan Royce Conant of Old Lyme, CT, Barbara Rice of Freeport, ME and Duffy Schade of Glastonbury, CT. She was predeceased by her husband, Alan Kimball Porter and her son, Christopher Ames Porter.
A memorial service will be held at a later date. Expressions of sympathy may be made in her memory to the Merrimack Valley Hospice, 360 Merrimack St., Bldg. 9, Lawrence, MA 01843. Arrangements are under the direction of the Linnehan-Grondin Funeral Home, 129 Kenoza Ave., Haverhill.