Annette “Peggy” W. Philippon BRUNSWICK – Annette “Peggy” W. Philippon, 85, died Sunday June 2, 2024.
Peggy was born in Brunswick on March 30, 1939, the second of five children in her family. She developed a strong work ethic as a teenager taking advantage of job opportunities such as bean picking in the summer and later working at Morton’s News Stand and a local auto repair shop. Taking business courses at Brunswick High School (class of 1957), she fine-tuned secretarial skills such as typing, shorthand, and bookkeeping and began working for SAGE at the Topsham Air Force Base.
In the mid-1960s she joined BIW as a secretary assisting executives and developed a fine reputation as an administrative professional, her organization and attention to detail shining through. Peggy married Ben in 1970 and bought a home in Topsham. Shortly after, she devoted herself full-time to motherhood for about 10 years.
As a family, Peggy, Ben, and their daughter Katie enjoyed time together boating on the Kennebec and traveling by car to warmer regions in the mid-Atlantic and the South, visiting family along the way. Peggy led her daughter’s Girl Scout Troop for several years, sharing a love of scouting she had since her childhood. She even went camping with the girls (one time)! Peggy returned to the workforce full-time in the early 1980s as a secretary at BIW, her excellent reputation preceding her.
She and her husband were pleased to send their daughter to college, a first for the.
