Margaret (Sausville) Munns '44, is celebrating her 100th birthday on April 12, 2022. She was born and raised in Bennington, Vermont. She has four children, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, one of her granddaughters passed away 10 years ago. Growing up, Margaret's dad was the warden and mom was the matron of the Bennington County Jail in the '20s and '30s. Her family lived in the warden's quarters at the jail from the time Margaret was about 3 until she was 13. She says she will always remember the people that she met and the adventures she had with her sister Rita. Those experiences lead her to write a book called, The Jail Years.

While at the Elms, she majored in French and minored in Spanish. Margaret went on to teach high school French. One of her fondest memories from Elms was helping decorate for the junior prom. She says, "it was wartime and there weren't a lot of resources. We searched all over campus for things that we could use to make the gym look like a special place. In the basement of one of the buildings, we found a big roll of black paper. But we were afraid that the black paper would make things bleak. Then I had the idea of using it as a background for a skyline. So, we painted buildings in yellow paint on the paper, and it was perfect."

Nowadays, Margaret loves to raise and propagate houseplants and she belongs to the book club at the Senior Center in her town. She enjoys reading books in both English and French, while also taking a stab at the weekly crossword puzzle. Her daughter is going to teach her how to do Wordle. Margaret wanted to add that "I have a great appreciation for my ancestry and those who have spent time searching the annals of the Suasville/ Boutin lineage. I will be forever grateful for the 63 years that I had with my late husband Red Munns."