Bequeaith, Margaret M. (Holland) 1910-2001

BEQUEAITH, HOLLAND, SUMNER

Posted By: volunteer (email)
Date: 8/21/2005 at 16:03:16

LYNNVILLE - Margaret M. Bequeaith, 90, of Lynnville, died Saturday, April 7, at Grinnell Regional Health Center.

A graveside service and burial will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Friends Cemetery in Oskaloosa. Visiting hours begin 10 a.m. Tuesday at Harden Funeral Home in New Sharon. Memorials: Lynnville Fire Department and First Responders.

Margaret M. Holland Bequeaith was born Sept. 3, 1910, in Hanna City, Ill., to Michael and Mary Lucinda Sumner Holland. She and her family moved to Iowa in 1924, and she attended school in Killduff.

She married Denver Bequeaith on Nov. 7, 1931, in Oskaloosa. She was a homemaker most of her life, and had lived in Oskaloosa and Ottumwa before moving to Lynnville 12 years ago. She enjoyed crocheting and embroidery.

She is survived by many nieces and nephews, two sisters-in-law and a brother-in-law.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband in 1983; two brothers, John and Loren Holland; and a sister, Jessie Bryan.

The Oskaloosa Herald, April 9, 2001