Thu, 03/04/2021 - 11:03am
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MARJORIE I. GALVIN
BENNINGTON — Marjorie I. Galvin, 98, of Bennington, Vt., passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, at the Brookdale Fillmore Pond Assisted Living Facility in Bennington where she resided for the last three years.
Born on March 2, 1922, she was the daughter of the late George and Florence (Gale) Galvin, and was the fifth of eight children. Having been born and raised in Salisbury, Vt., on a large dairy farm, she became a lifelong resident of Bennington, having relocated to there in October 1942.
She was a graduate of the Albany Business School and worked for many years as a manager at the State Office Department of Employment and Training in Bennington, until her retirement. Throughout her life she did a great deal of volunteer work, including volunteering at the Congregational Church, the Bennington Museum and the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, where she was a member of the Grey Ladies of the American Red Cross for more than 50 years. She was an active and proud member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, an organization whose members can trace an ancestor who helped contribute to securing the independence of the United States of America and whose members are committed to community service, preserving history, educating children and honoring and supporting those who serve our nation, and through which she enjoyed researching her own family history. She was also a member of the Second Congregational Church in Bennington since 1942.