Margaret (Gracie) Jackson Clowes, known to all as Peggy, died at her home in Dover, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, at the age of 102. Peggy was born on Main Street in Dover on Oct. 14, 1914, the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Higginson) Jackson. She attended Charles River School in Dover and graduated from the Winsor School in Boston. During her school years she was a horse lover and participated in every team sport imaginable. She remained an avid athlete her whole life, playing tennis into her late 80s and continuing to swim and sail well into her 90s. Until she left home to attend Bryn Mawr College, she lived in Dover, in Bostons Back Bay, and in West Chop, Marthas Vineyard, during summers. Peggy loved foreign languages and cultures. She lived with her family in Paris during the 1925-26 academic year and once again in the early 1930s before college. At Bryn Mawr she studied German and history and graduated cum laude in 1937. She spent much of the following year in Munich, Germany. Despite the gathering clouds of war, Peggy made life-long German friends during that year. She enjoyed attending concerts and theater, skiing, and traveling. It was then that she also discovered Czechoslovakia and became an admirer of Czech music. Following her return from Europe, Peggy worked at Harvards Fogg Art Museum, using her knowledge of German language and culture. In 1942 Peggy married Dr. George H. A. Clowes, Jr., from Indianapolis (1915-1988). The couple lived in a variety of places, including Boston, where George was doing his internship, an army base in Texas during his World War II service, Toronto, Cleveland, and Charleston, South Carolina. In 1965 the family returned to the Boston area, settling on Pegan Lane in Dover, where Peggy and George lived for the rest of their lives. During those years, Pegan Lane became a Jackson family stronghold. Peggys aging parents lived nearby, joined by Peggys sister Betsy, who returned to Dover around the same time. Peggys older brother Charles and his wife Molly lived around the corner on Farm Street. After her marriage Peggy spent almost every summer of her life in Woods Hole, where she served at various times as a board member and president of both the Childrens School Science and the Associates of the Marine Biological Laboratory. She served several terms as a trustee of the Sea Education Association. Peggy was a lifelong supporter of womens rights, social justice, and access to education. She was a volunteer teacher for much of her life, first in the Cleveland schools, where she taught both French and German, and then as a classroom aide and teacher of English as Second Language in the Boston School System (Dorchester and Roxbury) for about 35 years. She was a long-time member of the League of Women Voters and a staunch supporter of financial aid at her alma mater. In June 1998 Peggy was recognized for her support of science education as well as her seamanship with an honorary doctorate from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. She served as a director and officer of The Clowes Fund in Indianapolis for more than half a century. She remained a loyal supporter of the Boston Symphony Orchestra throughout her life, as well as the Dover Garden Club and Dover Hunt. Peggy and George, who died in 1988, had five children. Three of them survive her: Margaret C. Bowles (Francis P. Bowles) of Lyme, New Hampshire; Jonathan J. Clowes (Evelyn J. Clowes) of Cushing, Maine, and Edith W. Clowes (Craig Huneke) of Charlottesville, Virginia. Two sons, both medical doctors, died before her: Thomas J. Clowes (Magdalena W. Clowes) and Alexander W. Clowes (Susan E. Detweiler). She leaves 10 grandchildren: Edith H. Bowles, Ian A. Bowles, Douglas S. Clowes, Lynn L. Clowes, Daniel P. Clowes, Aidan A. Clowes, Sarah W. Clowes, Alexander W. Clowes, Samuel C. Huneke, and Edward C. Huneke, and nine great-grandchildren. There will be two memorial services in celebration of Peggys life. One will be held on Saturday, May 6, at St. Dunstans Episcopal Church in Dover; another will be held on Saturday, July 22, at The Church of the Messiah in Woods Hole. Donations in Peggys memory may be made to the building funds at either St. Dunstans Episcopal Church, Springdale Avenue, Dover, MA, 02030, or The Church of the Messiah, Church Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543.