BOOE, Margaret W. - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Source: Kingman Star Tuesday, March 14, 1989

  Kingman—Margaret W. Booe, 72, Route 3, Kingman, died at 4:25 p.m. Saturday, March 11, 1989, at United Samaritans Medical Center, Logan Campus, Danville, Ill. She had been in failing health the past three years.

  She was born Dec. 9, 1916 in Danville, Ill. She was married March 1, 1941 at Crown Point to Marion C. Booe, who survives.

  She was a homemaker and part owner of Coal Creek Sand and Gravel. She was a member of Kingman Christian Church and Order of Easter Star, Fountain Chapter 204. She was a graduate of tangier High School with the class of 1934. She enjoyed gardening, farming and cooking.

  Surviving besides her husband are two sons, Charles Melvin, Route 3, Kingman, and David L., Route 2, Kingman; a daughter, Agnes Keller, Rialto, Calif.; two stepdaughters, Gail Grubbs, Huntsville, Ala., and Sydnee Bond, Reno, Nev.; 18 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. She is one of 16 children, with eight brothers and seven sisters. She was preceded in death by a son, Thomas E., Sept. 23, 1973.

  Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today (Tuesday) at DeVerter Brothers Funeral Home, Cayuga, with Rev. James Lane officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery, Covington. – thanks to s