Marjorie Helen (Squiers) Coulter

Marjorie Helen (Squiers) Coulter, 88, a lifelong resident of Arlington, Vermont passed away peacefully on December 19, 2022 at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center. Marjorie was born at home on the banks of the Battenkill on River Road in Arlington on March 14, 1934. Marjorie was the daughter of the late Walter E. and Clarice (Henderson) Squiers and attended local schools. Marjorie loved riding horses and earned the money to buy her first horse, Chief, when she was young. She went on to have many different horses but remembered the special relationship she had with Chief all her life and would tell stories of him frequently. Marjorie was a nature lover; she could see her favorite mountain, Red Mountain, from her bedroom when she was a child and spent a lot of time in the outdoors walking, hiking, camping, skiing, and tubing on the Battenkill. She could frequently be seen walking daily on River Rd well into her old age. She was an avid reader and enjoyed corresponding with friends and family by letter. She met her husband, Jerome Coulter, while square dancing at the grange in West Arlington. They were married July 3, 1954 and had 64 years together. The Coulters enjoyed traveling and traveled to Europe, the Caribbean, and Mexico. They explored many places in the United States and Canada in their RV. When Marjorie was a child, her family lived next door to Norman Rockwell and their families were friends. Marjorie posed for his famous painting, Freedom from Fear when she was a young girl. She worked at the Norman Rockwell museum in Arlington and liked answering questions from customers who would visit and signing autographs. She also drove school buses for Arlington schools for many years. Marjorie was a member of the Bennington Seventh-day Adventist church since the late 1950s. Her love for Jesus was the most important thing in her life, and she looked forward to meeting Him and seeing her family again in heaven. Marjorie is survived by her children Jerome Coulter Jr. and his wife Marybeth of Apopka, Florida, Virginia Colon and her husband Noel of North Petersburgh, New York, and Richard Coulter and his wife Jane of Arlington, Vermont, grandchildren Jonathan, Andrew, Jessica, Justin, Ashley, and 10 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jerome Coulter, her brothers Raymond and David Squiers, and a daughter-in-law, Diane (Tompkins) Coulter. At the request of the family, graveside services for Marjorie will be announced and held in the spring in Evergreen Cemetery in Arlington. There are no visiting hours. If friends desire, memorial gifts in Marjorie’s memory may be made to the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Bennington, Vermont c/o Hanson-Walbridge & Shea Funeral Home Arlington Chapel P.O. Box 528 Arlington, VT 05250. To send the family personal condolences please visit www.sheafuneralhomes.com. The family has entrusted arrangements to the care of Hanson-Walbridge & Shea Funeral Home Arlington Chapel Historic Route 7A Arlington, VT.