Mrs. Marguerite S. Genest, also known by her family and friends as "Midget" or "Midge," went to join the Lord on Monday, February 1, 2016. She passed away at the Concord Hospital after a long chronic illness.

The daughter of Eva Wade Duclos and Arthur Felix, she was born, raised, and spent her entire life in Pittsfield.

She was a devoted wife and mother. When she was 34, her husband Maurice R, Genest passed away at 46 years old. She never remarried, always staying devoted to her husband and the two daughters she raised on her own.

She was a former member of the Pittsfield VFW and each year would march in the Pittsfield Memorial Day parade in honor of her husband and others who served in foreign wars. She was employed at the Pittsfield Cotton Mill, Pittsfield Shoe Shop, Thomas Hodgson & Sons in Allenstown, and spent 29 years with Globe Manufacturing, retiring at 82 because of medical issues. Up until the time of her passing, she wished she was still working at Globe Manufacturing. She loved her job, the company, and her co-workers and couldn't praise the company or its owners enough.

After her husband died, she started her own housekeeping business, which she ran for 15 years. She also had a cultivated blackberry patch, where she picked 72 quarts of berries each season, sharing them with family, friends, and neighbors and selling them to a local farm stand and the Pittsfield IGA.

What she most enjoyed were pets, birds, Word Find puzzles, flowers, and spending quality time with her family. She was always a giving person, never asking for anything in return.

She was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Pittsfield.

In addition to her husband, Maurice R. Genest, she was predeceased by her son, Steven M. Genest; her brother, Arthur Brasley, and mother, Eva Wade Duclos.

She is survived by her two daughters, Sharon M. Genest of Pittsfield and Susan D. Eastman and her husband Ricky L. of Cabot, VT; a grandson, Derek L. Eastman and his wife Linda of West Danville, VT; a granddaughter, Nicole Mangan and her husband Benjamin of Carthage, NY; 5 great grandchildren, Shamus, Anastasia, Marie, Troy, and Hunter; a brother, Henry Duclos of Etna Green, IN; and cousins, nieces and nephews.

Calling hours are Friday evening from 5-8 PM at the Still Oaks Funeral & Memorial Home, 1217 Suncook Valley Hwy. in Epsom. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday at 10 AM at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Pittsfield. Burial will take place in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Pittsfield.

Since she was passionate about pets and animals in need of a home, memorial donations should be made to NH Humane Society, 1305 Meredith Center Road, PO Box 572, Laconia, NH 03246, in lieu of flowers.