Margaret “Margi” A. (Hoyt) Nasemann, 87, of Westborough MA, passed away May 6, 2023. She was born Nov. 9, 1935, in Parkersburg WV, the daughter of Claremont E. and Margaret (Hawkins) Hoyt, and graduated from high school in Middleport OH.
She graduated from Marietta College in 1957 with a degree in education. Following her parents to Weedsport NY, she began her career as an elementary school teacher. On August 12, 1960, she married the Rev. Raymond Nasemann (1926–1997), who served Unitarian Universalist churches in Perry, Bristol, and Auburn NY. They settled in Syracuse, where Margi was a sixth-grade teacher at Percy Hughes School for 10 years.
While raising four boys, Margi attended State Univ. of NY-Cortland, and was first VP of the Syracuse Teachers Association. She fought successfully for maternal leave for city school district teachers. She then earned a Master’s in Education at Syracuse University, before becoming vice principal and finally a principal of Meacham and Webster elementary schools.
Margi retired in 1992. She was strongly supportive of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. She was also president of the Centers for Nature Education at Baltimore Woods.
She remained in Syracuse until about 2015, shortly after she met a second love, the Rev. Glen Snowden (1932–2020) at a UURMAPA meeting. Margi served as a Partner member on the UURMaPA Board as Connections Network Chair from 2012-2015. She is also the mother-in-law of Rev. Alice Anachecka-Nasemann, who serves the Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson (MA).
Margi spent the last ten years of Glen’s life with him until his passing in June 2020. Thereafter, Margi slowly succumbed to emphysema and Alzheimer’s. She is survived by her sister, Josephine (Burke) Bero; sisters-in-law Trudy Hoyt and Della Gregory; sons Eric (Bobbi) Nasemann, Brian, David (Kalindi), and Alan (Alice Anacheka-Nasemann), two grandchildren and 18 nieces and nephews.
A Memorial Service was held May 13, 2023, at the Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson (MA). In lieu of flowers, you are encouraged to donate to the Camp Unirondack campership fund, 8522 Unirondack Rd., Lowville NY 13367.