Marguerite Helen Moulton

Marguerite was born in Billings, Montana in 1917.  Her grandparents, Timothy Nichols Terry and Josephine Terry, came west to homestead in Nebraska during the great “westering” movement after the Civil War.  Through her grandfather, Timothy, she was a direct descendant of William Bradford, who came over on the Mayflower and was the first elected governor of the Plymouth Colony. 

Her mother, Ruby May Terry, married Merritt Nathan Collins, a newspaperman, and they eventually moved from Nebraska to Montana where Merritt started a newspaper. In 1922, Marguerite and her family moved to Boise, Idaho, where her father began working for the Idaho Statesman newspaper.

Marguerite was very involved in civic life, working in the PTA and with Boise’s Music Week and Stunt for Stunt Night festivities.
She was a volunteer election poll worker for many years and also worked for women’s rights. 

She assisted her husband, Dwayne Moulton, in his chiropractic office for many years and held offices in the Auxiliary of the Idaho Chiropractic Association.   She was also an active member of the Auxiliary of the National Chiropractic Association.

She was a strong supporter of the arts and sciences, an inclination that continues in her three children, her grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, who have attained positions in dance, theater, painting, music, teaching, microbiology and engineering.

Her daughter Janice, a professor of the Arts and Humanities and a strong supporter of the San Francisco Women’s Building, now resides with her husband, Barry Miller, in Castro Valley, after living in San Francisco for 18 years.

Honored by Jan Moulton