Peggy Smith Powell

March 12, 2017

Peggy Smith Powell, of Bloomfield, 91, died peacefully in her sleep March 12, 2017 at her home. Peggy was born in Hartford, the daughter to Wilmot M. Smith Jr. and Kathryn Hense Smith. Peggy lived a long wonderful life in West Hartford, a block from her childhood home. She graduated from Oxford H.S. in 1943 and Pine Manor College. She was a loving wife and a devoted mother. In her spare time she volunteered at the Women’s Exchange, the West Hartford Garden Club where she loved to work on the Festival of Trees fundraiser in conjunction with the Wadsworth Athenaeum, participated in many local clubs, and played golf and tennis at the Hartford Golf Club. She is survived by her children, Cathy Marsh Andersen, of Riverton, and Jamie & Colleen Marsh, of Cranbury, NJ., her daughter-in-law, Susan Marsh, her grandchildren, Sarah and Bret Andersen, Christopher and Jennifer Marsh, and Corey and John Marsh, her great grandchildren, Alexander and Asher Marsh, Johannah and Jack Rhudy, her step children, Peri Lagassa, Bosworth Powell, and Ashley Hanson, and her niece, Lyn Simmer. She was predeceased by her husbands, Allyn Ricker Marsh Jr. and Llewellyn Powell, her children, Allyn (Terry) R. Marsh III, and Patty Marsh, her sister, Carol Patton, and her son-in-law, Chuck Andersen. A memorial service will be held at Duncaster, 20 Loeffler Rd, Bloomfield, on March 20 at 12:30 p.m. Burial will be private in Fairview Cemetery, West Hartford. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Old St. Andrews Church 59 Tariffville Rd. Bloomfield CT, 06002. Online expressions of sympathy may be made at www.molloyfuneralhome.com