Marjorie Taylor (Stevenson) Hunter, 91, of Edgecomb died peacefully on May 10, 2013 at St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor.  

Marjorie led a long and interesting life. Born November 6, 1921 to Robert and Margaret (Taylor) Stevenson, in Edinburgh, Scotland, she traveled at the age of 5 months to Dibrugarh, Assam, India, where her parents managed a tea plantation. Her adventures in India included being chased by a water buffalo, riding an elephant and owning a pet mongoose.

At age 7, she traveled back to Edinburgh to attend St. Oran's School for Girls. She graduated at age 17, then returned to India. She planned to stay with her parents for a year before returning to Britain to continue her education in medicine.

But the outbreak of World War II prevented further travel. Instead, she received nursing training, volunteered at a mission hospital, and served for 2 and a half years in the Auxiliary Nursing Service in India.  

In 1942 she met a dashing young American engineer, Robert Davis Hunter of Sudbury, Mass., a major in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, building roads and airfields in India and Burma.  They were married in Dibrugarh in 1944, and she sailed with him on a troop ship, across the Pacific to America, her new home.  

Marjorie and Bob settled in Sudbury and then Contoocook, N.H. for seven years, where their two sons were born. In 1953 they moved to Augusta, where Bob was division engineer for the Federal Highway Administration. When the family moved to the West River Road in Sidney in 1954, Marjorie gave birth to a daughter. They lived there until Bob's death in 1974.  

Marjorie was active in the West River Road Volunteer Fire Dept. Auxiliary and volunteered for the Sidney Health Council. She enjoyed flower gardening, sewing, knitting, rug hooking, and bagpipe music. She and Bob hosted his annual office picnic for several years.

She spent countless hours driving the children to athletic practices and games. She also enjoyed joining Bob in his work, traveling together on road inspection trips, to bridge opening ceremonies, and conventions.  

She was a fine letter-writer, staying in close touch with her parents, who retired to Scotland.  After the death of Marjorie's father, her mother came to live with the family in Sidney in 1966, and Marjorie took care of her until her death at age 95 in 1982.  

In 1975 Marjorie and her mother moved to Brentwood Road, Augusta, where they enjoyed reading, TV, jigsaws and working on impossibly difficult crossword puzzles together.  

In Augusta, Marjorie volunteered for Meals on Wheels, and was a member of the South Parish Congregational Church, serving as deacon, clerk, and in the Women’s Guild. She enjoyed driving, and made many trips to visit her children and their families, and to help babysit her grandchildren.

She also enjoyed the company of her sister-in-law, Dorothy (Hunter) Burnham Thomas of Springfield Mass., and they took several trips together, to Britain and Canada. In 2005, Marjorie moved to Edgecomb to live with her daughter and her family.

She is survived by her son, John and his wife Erika of Lee, N.H.; her son David and his wife Sonia of Cos Cob, Conn. and their children Eric, Michael, and Julie; and her daughter, Margaret (Maggie) and her husband Van Reid of Edgecomb and their children Hunter and Mary. She also leaves three nieces, Valerie (Burnham) Oliver, Linda (Burnham) Peck, and Nancy (Hunter) Daisey, and one nephew, John Burnham, and their families.

A service to celebrate Marjorie's life will be held Saturday, June 8, at 2 p.m. in the chapel at the South Parish Congregational Church, 9 Church St. in Augusta. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the church.

Arrangements are in the care of Knowlton & Hewins Funeral Home and Cremation Service, One Church St., Augusta. Memories, condolences, videos and photographs may be shared with the family on the website at www.khrfuneralhomes.com/.