- Date Of Birth: November 13, 1935
- Date Of Death: September 5, 2015
- State: Michigan
Margaret “Jeanie” Paquin, age 79, passed away on Saturday, September 5, at St. Vincent Hospital, Green Bay, WI. She was born on November 13, 1935, in Bridgman, Michigan, the daughter of Walter and Coral Briney.
Jeanie graduated from Bridgman High School in 1953 and received her Bachelor Degree in Home Economics Education in 1957 from Western Michigan University. She married Harley Paquin in 1958. Jeanie taught Home Economics for 30 years, first at Harper Creek Schools and then at Portage Jr. High and High School. She lived at Crooked Lake, her most-loved place, in Texas Township, MI, for nearly 40 years before moving to Indianapolis and then DePere, WI.
Jeanie was a member of the Kalamazoo County Retired Teachers Association and the local and state NEA. She was also a member of the Calvary Reformed Church. She loved jazz music and spent much of her free time attending concerts, listening to her husband’s and daughter’s jazz groups, and most recently, her grandsons’ groups. She loved cribbage, cross-country skiing, and golfing with her friends. She travelled across the country and also to Mexico, the Bahamas, and Nova Scotia.
Jeanie loved her family and often said that what made her the happiest was spending time with them. She is survived by her daughter, Michelle Evans and son-in-law Jon Deal of Carmel, IN, and grandsons Dan Zacheis and Sean Zacheis of St. Charles, MO, and Robert Evans of Carmel. She is also survived by her daughter, Chris Salerno and son-in-law, John Salerno of DePere, WI, and grandsons Frankie Salerno of Milwaukee and Antonio Salerno of DePere. In addition, she is survived by her brother and sister-in-law Walter and Janie Briney of Silverthorne, CO; her sister and brother-in-law Coral Lee and Phil Mason of Albion, MI; her sister-in-law and brother-in-law Pat and Joe Rapp of Richland, MI; sister-in-law and husband Nancy and Russ Werkman of Portage, MI; and special friend, Donna Reger. Jeanie had many nieces, nephews, and friends who were very special to her. She was preceded in death by her parents, Walter and Coral Briney; her husband, Harley Paquin; nieces Kathy Mason Hodges and Debbie Paquin; and nephew, Danny Briney.
