Margaret Louise Abernathy Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Marion, Iowa Visitation: Open after 12:00 o'clock noon with family present between the hours of 4:30 and 6:30 P.M. October 19, 2004 at Fremont Funeral Chapel Funeral Service: 10:30 A.M. October 20, 2004 at Fremont Funeral Chapel Interment: Competine Cemetery near Farson, Iowa Margaret Louise Abnernathy, age 81, of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Linby, died October 16th, 2004. She was born February 7, 1923 in Linby the daughter of Clarence Lyle and Edith May Vannoy Clingman. She was united in marriage to James Marion Abernathy on June 11, 1944 in Ottumwa, Iowa he died October 4, 1992. Mrs. Abernathy was employed by North Western Bell Telephone Company in Cedar Rapids for thirty years as a long distance operator. She also worked at Smulekoff's in Cedar Rapids as a receptionist. She is survived by a daughter Jean Hahn and her husband Cary of Cedar Rapids, a grandson William Michael Dochterman of Marion, Iowa and a granddaughter, Heather Overholt of Salem, Oregon, and her beloved cat "Punkin" Abernathy of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and a daughter, Judith Louise Dochterman in 1996. Margaret graduated from Farson High School in 1939. Margaret enjoyed sports and was an avid Iowa Hawkeye and Chicago Bulls fan. She was a world traveler last traveling to Hawaii in March of 2004. She was a member of the Shueyville United Methodist Church in Shueyville, Iowa. Memorials may be made in her name.

Margaret Louise Abernathy

February 7, 1923 - October 16, 2004

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