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Marjorie Anne ‘Marge’ Ogilvie, 89

Marjorie Anne “Marge” Ogilvie.
Marjorie Anne “Marge” Ogilvie.

Marjorie Anne “Marge” Ogilvie, 89, of Sag Harbor, New York, and formerly of Acton, passed away peacefully in Orleans on December 28, 2025.

Marge was the eldest daughter of the late Gordon H. Ogilvie and Florence (Brier) Ogilvie of Acton and Wellesley. She is survived by her loving family members: niece Deborah Speer Watson; nephew Robert Ogilvie Speer and his wife Nora; and their children Emily Louise Watson, Jack Morgan Speer, Kendra Rose Watson, and Cole Michael Speer.

Marge graduated from Acton-Carlisle High School in 1954. After working in Boston, she moved to New York City, where she was an executive secretary on Morgan Stanley’s Capital Markets floor for several decades. Marge loved music and particularly opera. She had many wonderful years with friends heading to Vermont skiing and the Hamptons on weekends. Marge later retired to her home in Sag Harbor and enjoyed her part-time sales position at the Annyx Store on Main Street. She would walk to the beach, tend her garden, and enjoy local theater, all while doing what she did best, entertaining friends with her delicious farm and sea-to-table recipes and legendary parties.

She will be greatly missed by her family and fun-loving friends.

She will be privately laid to rest with her parents and younger sister Elizabeth Kimnach at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Acton.

To honor Marjorie, in lieu of flowers, you may make a donation in her memory to The Metropolitan Opera, c/o Development Office, 30 Lincoln Center, New York, NY 10023 (metopera.org).

Arrangements are entrusted to Dee Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Acton. To share a remembrance or to offer a condolence in her online guestbook, visit DeeFuneralHome.com.

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