Marguerite D. Stevens' Obituary
Marguerite Dick Stevens was born on December 25, 1907, in Staunton, Virginia, daughter of the late, and then, Lieutenant William W. Dick and his wife Marguerite Buist Dick.
She was raised at various military posts around the world. On July 20, 1927, at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, she married Lieutenant Francis Robert Stevens. She continued to live in wide-spread locations from Paris, France to the Hawaiian Islands, and various military posts around the United States.
When her husband was killed in combat early in World War II, she settled in Washington, DC where she initially took a position heading a special task force for the U.S. House of Representatives. After the war was over, she joined the newly forming Central Intelligence Agency, where she worked for the next 30 years. She lived in the Westchester Apartments in Washington until 2000, when she moved to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. She resided at the Brandywine Assisted Living Facility until this past February when she broke a leg and a hip and had to move into a convalescent center. She died of pneumonia on May 2, 2006.
She is survived by her daughter, Marguerite Bordwell and her son, Francis Robert Stevens, Jr., as well as eight grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.
A Memorial Service will be held Wednesday, June 28, at 9 AM, in the Ft. Myer Chapel, Arlington National Cemetery. Following the service, she will be interred at the cemetery.
Arrangements are being handled by Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Lewes, DE.
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