Retired Inter-Lakes Senior High School teacher Marjorie Lee, age 96, died May 14, 2025, at Golden View Health Care Center in Meredith.
In addition to her years as an English teacher, Miss Lee devoted another 26 years as the volunteer school store manager for a total of 65 years of service at Inter-Lakes High School, retiring in 2015. In May 2015, the school board voted to dedicate the library to her, "Miss Marjorie Lee Library." The plaque reads simply "A Teacher, Mentor and Friend."
Her teaching career started in 1950, at the Quimby School in Center Sandwich. From 1963 to 1991, she was an English teacher at Inter-Lakes. She was an adviser to several school groups and took tickets at basketball games. She created the School Store Scholarship in 1993, and awarded 107 scholarships to graduating seniors over the course of 22 years.
Miss Lee was Grand Marshall in August 2018, when Meredith celebrated the 250th anniversary of the town founding. She was also selected 2020 Citizen of the Year by the Wicwas Lake Grange.
Miss Lee was also active with community organizations, including the Meredith Historical Society, Christian Women’s Club, Lakes Region Retired Educators Association and Friends Assisting Music Education (FAME) at Inter-Lakes, and she attended the Meredith Center Free Will Baptist Church for many years.
The daughter of Frederick A. E. Lee and Ethel M. Lee, Marjorie Lee was born on June 15, 1928. Miss Lee grew up on Cutting Hill in Pike. She graduated Haverhill Academy, class of 1946, and Plymouth Teachers College, class of 1950.
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her sister, Roberta Lee Frost, and brother-in-law Harold Frost.
Miss Lee will be buried next to her parents in the East Haverhill (New Hampshire) Cemetery at a later date.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 28, at the Wicwas Lake Grange Hall, 150 Meredith Center Road, Meredith.
Donations in her memory may be made to The Miss Marjorie Lee Scholarship, c/o MILAA, P.O. Box 1076, Meredith, NH 03253.
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God blessed me with knowing this lovely woman for many years. She touched every ones heart and life in so many years. Her smile lit up a room and her frown (which was rare) said you had better be quiet! We were lucky to have her as a mentor, friend, and teacher. When she walked down the street of Meredith she always had a smile on her face enjoying life! We all loved her. RIP dear friend, and thank you!
Sadly, we often fail to recognize the true influencers in our lives until well after the experience… Marjorie Lee is a legend by the mere virtue of her lifelong accomplishments and contributions to the community… 41 years as an educator, decades of community service, and her involvement with her students, beyond the classroom.
How does a community repay someone for a lifetime of selfless contribution to improve the lives of all she touched.
The answer… You never forget the responsibility and commitment!
Steven JP Dionne
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