Mrs. LEO F. (Margaret M. Reilly) SCHOLLIAN 1907-2003

SCHNEIDER, REILLEY, SCHOLLIAN, MCLAUGHLIN

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 11/12/2003 at 19:49:49

Margaret M. Schollian

Telegraph Herald - Sep 17, 2003

Mrs. Leo F. (Margaret M.) Schollian, 95, of 250 W. Locust St., Ecumenical Towers, died at 7:20 a.m. Monday, Sept. 15, 2003, at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Patrick''s Catholic Church. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Behr Funeral Home, 1491 Main St., where there will be a parish wake service at 4:30 p.m.

Mrs. Schollian worked for many years as a clerk at Roshek Bros. Department Store.

She was born on Nov. 24, 1907, in Centralia, Iowa, daughter of William and Mary (Schneider) Reilley. She married Leo F. Schollian in June of 1941, in Dubuque; he preceded her in death on Aug. 29, 1977.

She was a member of St. Patrick''s Catholic Church, its Rosary Society and the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women. She also was a long time member of the Ladies of United Commercial Travelers and a past counselor.

She was a volunteer for many years and earned the Iowa Governors Award for Volunteerism.

Margaret has been a resident of Ecumenical Towers since it opened in 1977.

Surviving are a stepdaughter, Arletta (Russell) McLaughlin, of Tarpon Springs, Fla.; six step grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.

She also was preceded in death by four brothers, John, Anthony, William and Clarence Reilley.

Memorials may be given to St. Patrick''s Catholic Church, 1425 Iowa St., Dubuque, Iowa 52001.