CLOWES, Margaret J. Margaret (Jackson) Clowes died at her home in Dover, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, at the age of 102. Peggy, as she was known, was born on Main Street, Dover, on Oct. 14, 1914, the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Higginson) Jackson. She attended Charles River School in Dover and graduated from the Winsor School in Boston. During her school years she rode horses and participated in every team sport imaginable. She remained an avid athlete her whole life, playing tennis and continuing to swim and sail into deep old age. Until she entered Bryn Mawr College, she lived in Dover, in Boston's Back Bay, and in West Chop, Martha's Vineyard, during summers. Peggy loved foreign languages and cultures. She lived with her family in Paris in 1925-26 and once again in the early 1930s before college. At Bryn Mawr she studied German and history, graduating cum laude in 1937. She spent much of the following year in Munich, Germany. Despite imminent war, Peggy made life-long German friends. During this time she also discovered Czechoslovakia and fell in love with Czech music. Following her return from Europe, Peggy worked at Harvard's Fogg Art Museum, using her knowledge of German language. In 1942 Peggy married Dr. George H. A. Clowes, Jr., from Indianapolis. The couple lived in several cities, including Boston, Brownsville, Texas, during World War II, Toronto, Cleveland, and Charleston, SC. In 1965 the family returned to the Boston area, settling on Pegan Lane in Dover, where Peggy and George lived out their lives. After her marriage Peggy spent almost every summer in Woods Hole, where she served as a board member and president of both the Children's School of Science and the Associates of the Marine Biological Laboratory. She also served several terms as a trustee of the Sea Education Association. Peggy was a lifelong supporter of women's rights, social justice, and access to education. She was a volunteer teacher, first in the Cleveland schools, where she taught both French and German, and then as a classroom aide and teacher of English as Second Language in the Boston School System (Dorchester and Roxbury) for about 35 years. She was a long-time member of the League of Women Voters and a donor of financial aid to her alma mater. In June 1998 Peggy was recognized for her support of science education as well as her seamanship with an honorary doctorate from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. As a director and officer of The Clowes Fund in Indianapolis for more than half a century, she emphasized access to education. Peggy and George, who died in 1988, had five children. Three of them survive her: Margaret C. Bowles (Francis P. Bowles) of Lyme, New Hampshire; Jonathan J. Clowes (Evelyn J. Clowes) of Cushing, Maine, and Edith W. Clowes (Craig Huneke) of Charlottesville, Virginia. Two sons, both medical doctors, died before her: Thomas J. Clowes (Magdalena W. Clowes) and Alexander W. Clowes (Susan E. Detweiler). She leaves 10 grandchildren: Edith H. Bowles, Ian A. Bowles, Douglas S. Clowes, Lynn L. Clowes, Daniel P. Clowes, Aidan A. Clowes, Sarah W. Clowes, Alexander W. Clowes, Samuel C. Huneke, and Edward C. Huneke, and nine great-grandchildren. There will be two memorial services in celebration of Peggy's life. One will be held Saturday, May 6, at St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church in Dover; another will be held Saturday, July 22, at The Church of the Messiah in Woods Hole. Donations in Peggy's memory are gratefully accepted at either St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church, Springdale Avenue, Dover, MA, 02030, or The Church of the Messiah, Church Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543. View the online memorial for Margaret J. CLOWES