Margaret Maguy Krebs

MAGUY ”GUIGUITTE” KREBS, AGE 95, PASSED AWAY WITH A PEACEFUL SMILE IN THE COMPANY OF FAMILY ON PALM SUNDAY APRIL 14, 2019 IN SANDY SPRINGS, GEORGIA. SHE WAS BORN IN NIMES, FRANCE AND BROUGHT HER LOVE OF THE FINER THINGS IN LIFE TO THE UNITED STATES TO SHARE WITH HER 3 CHILDREN AND ALL WHO WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO MEET HER. MAGUY TAUGHT FRENCH AND ORGANIZED PLAYS AT THE ALLIANCE FRANCAIS FOR MANY YEARS. SHE WAS FLUENT IN 3 LANGUAGES AND SEVERAL DIALECTS AS WELL. MAGUY HAD A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR LITERATURE, FINE ART AND ALL THINGS BEAUTIFUL INCLUDING HER BELOVED DOG, SCOOTER. SHE SPENT 40 YEARS WORKING IN THE COSMETICS AND FRAGRANCE BUSINESS, RETIRING FROM NEIMAN-MARCUS. IN HER LATER YEARS, MAGUY FITTINGLY ESTABLISHED A LIBRARY THAT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY NAMED IN HER HONOR AT HER RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY OF MONTCLAIR, WOODSTOCK GEORGIA. PALM SUNDAY WAS A DAY OF DRAMATIC AND FITFUL WEATHER CONDITIONS. IT SEEMED AS IF NATURE HAD WILLINGLY ORCHESTRATED MAGUY’S EXIT WITH A BURST OF SUNLIGHT SPARKLING THROUGH THE STILL FALLING RAINDROPS. THENCE ALOFT A FRAGRANT, PETALLED SPRING BREEZE, HER SPIRIT GENTLY DRIFTED OFF INTO THE SHIMMERING RAINBOW THAT APPEARED BEYOND OUR REACH. HER BRIGHT COLORFUL PERSONALITY WILL FOREVER DWELL IN OUR HEARTS. MAGUY IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING CHILDREN LINDA KREBS, ALLEN KREBS AND GLENDA KREBS, HER GRANDCHILDREN CHRISTOPHER KREBS, ELIZABETH KREBS AND JACE KREBS DUCKETT, ALONG WITH EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS CAROL KREBS AND GRADY DORN. A PRIVATE MEMORIAL IS PLANNED FOR A LATER DATE. THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THEIR GRATITUDE TO ALL THE STAFF AT INSIGNIA AT SANDY SPRINGS NURSING HOME FOR THEIR ATTENTIVENESS AND LOVING CARE. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE IN MAGUY’S NAME TO THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NORTH GEORGIA AT 845 WEST RIDGE ROAD, GAINESVILLE GEORGIA 30501,