OAKLAND – Marjorie Elizabeth Coughlin, 94, of Oakland, Maine passed away peacefully in her sleep at home on March 24, 2023, in Belton, Missouri.

Marjorie “Honey” MacGregor was born in Freeport, Maine on Aug. 31, 1928 to James Adair and Beryl Glendora (Finnemore) MacGregor. She grew up in Waterville and Benton Station Maine and was a 1947 alumna of Lawrence High School in Fairfield, Maine. Marjorie started working at the Fairfield Creamery and telephone office in Fairfield before joining the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict in 1952. She was stationed in Virginia, Oregon, and Washington State as a teletype operator until her honorable discharge as a TE3 in 1956. She was married in Saco, Maine to Robert Francis Coughlin of Oakland in 1956 while he was serving in the U.S. Air Force. They had two children, Kevin MacGregor Coughlin and Kathy Ann (Coughlin) Tinkey while stationed in Worcester, Massachusetts.

During Robert’s 30 years of military service the family was also stationed in Texas, Germany, Illinois, and Missouri. After Robert retired, Marjorie and he moved back to Oakland in 1994.

Marjorie was preceded in death by her parents James and Beryl MacGregor, her husband Robert Coughlin of 58 years prior to his passing, her brother Roy MacGregor and sister-in-law Mary (Weston) MacGregor of Bangor, Maine, sister Jacquelyn “Jackie” (MacGregor) Henry and brother-in-law James Henry of Clinton, Maine, brother Robert “Bobby” MacGregor of Fort Kent, Maine, father-in-law Maurice E. Coughlin and mother-in-law Lenore (Carrick) Coughlin of Oakland, Maine, and brother-in-law Maurice C. “Mossey” Coughlin of Oakland, Maine.

Marjorie is survived by her son Kevin Coughlin and his wife Princess, granddaughter Brittany (Coughlin) Mehl and her husband Adam, grandson Preston Coughlin and his wife AnnRene all of Kansas City, Missouri, daughter Kathy Tinkey of Belton, Missouri, grandson Joshua Tinkey and wife Tami of Olathe, Kansas, grandson Marcus Tinkey of Annapolis, Maryland, great-grandson Palmer Mehl, soon to be born great-granddaughter Mehl, twin great-granddaughters Heidi and Claire Coughlin, great-grandsons Colton, Christian, and Carsten Tinkey, sister-in-law Janet (Pierce) Coughlin of Waterville, Maine, along with several cousins, nieces, and nephews in Maine and Canada.

Marjorie enjoyed meeting people and traveling throughout the world. She often fondly spoke of her Scottish heritage and the several months she traveled by herself around Scotland as a young woman. Marjorie was a member of the Eastern Star and the American Legion of Waterville, Maine.

A chapel service will be held at Maine Veterans Cemetery, 163 Mt. Vernon Road, in Augusta, Maine at 10 a.m., Thursday, May 11, 2023. A luncheon will follow the ceremony at the Governor’s Restaurant and Bakery, 376 Main Street, Waterville, Maine (Exit 130 off Interstate 95) in the Capital Room. 

Arrangements are in the care of Lawry Brothers Funeral Home, 107 Main St., Fairfield where memories may be shared, and an online register book signed by visiting http://www.lawrybrothers.com.

As an animal lover her whole life, in lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Waterville Area Humane Society, 100 Webb Rd, Waterville, ME 04901. Please put “In memory of Marjorie Coughlin” on checks.

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