Margaret Laura Jaquette passed away at the age of 104 on January 24, 2023 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Margaret Laura Leaf was born on August 6, 1918 in Camden, New Jersey, the daughter of Frank George Leaf and Laura Christophersen Leaf. Margaret (known usually as Margie) grew up in the Philadelphia area, graduated from Lower Merion High School and attended Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts. She married John Joseph Jaquette in September 1940. Her husband served in the Navy in World War II, stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 1944 and 1945. In January, 1946 the family moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, with Margie and young sons David and Stratton flying to Honolulu from San Francisco on a Pan Am flying boat. Son Peter was born in Honolulu when the family lived in Manoa Valley.In her younger years Margie was an accomplished tennis and field hockey player. She reached the U.S. Women's National Field Hockey second team preparing for the 1940 Olympics (which were not held because of World War II). In more recent years Margie was an active golfer and duplicate bridge player. She won several club championships at Oahu Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii and the Island Country Club in Deer Isle, Maine. Margie became a Life Master in duplicate bridge, along with her husband John.
In Honolulu, Margie had been president of the Manoa School PTA, board member and finance chair of the Honolulu YWCA and chair of Religious Education at Church of the Crossroads. During the 1950s and 1960s both Margie and John were active members of the Honolulu Friends Meeting, helping to lead the purchase of the Friends Meetinghouse on Oahu Avenue. Margie was a pre-school teacher, First Day (Sunday) school teacher, Cub Scout Den Mother and a docent at the Hawaii Nature Center, for which she was named Honolulu Senior Volunteer of the Year 1993.
With her husband John, Margie loved spending most summers from 1971 through 2006 at the family summer home on Little Deer Isle, Maine, where they enjoyed sailing, golfing and hiking. She first visited the Jaquette family cabin on Little Deer Isle in 1940, on their honeymoon.
Margie was predeceased by her husband, John, in 2010. She is survived by sons David (Anette) of Rancho Palos Verdes, California, Stratton of Los Altos, California, Peter (Andrea) of Carlsbad, California, seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Her ashes will be interred with John's at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Arrangements Provided By: Oahu Mortuary
