Margaret B. Lenihan
LENIHAN, JOHNSON, EHLE, WAIT, MCROBERTS
Posted By: Sarah Fletcher (email)
Date: 9/30/2015 at 09:56:28
Margaret B. Lenihan, 96, of Coralville, died Sunday, September 27, 2015 at Lantern Park Nursing Center.
A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00am on Monday, October 5, 2015 at Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service, 605 Kirkwood Ave in Iowa City with Rebecca Carver officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery in Coralville. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be directed to the Margaret Lenihan Memorial Fund.
Margaret Belle Lenihan was born February 24, 1919 in Aberdeen, South Dakota, the daughter of George Burt and Mary Belle (Johnson) Ehle. She later moved with her family to Rochester, MN where she graduated from Rochester High School and married her High School sweetheart, Charles Lenihan on June 30, 1940. Because of Charles’ employment, the family moved numerous times. Living in Kansas City, MO; Nevada, MO; St. Paul, MN; Des Moines, IA; and finally settling in Coralville, IA where her husband was a partner in an insurance agency.
She was involved in numerous local organizations: including the Rebecah’s; the American Legion Auxiliary; the Iowa City Senior Center, where she was a past member of its Board of Elders; the Old Capital Chapter of the A.B.W.A. where she was named “woman of the year” in 1994. She loved making quilts with the quilting group at the Senior Center and she loved to play bridge and was involved with a number of Bridge groups.
Margaret is survived by one daughter; Kathryn Lenihan (Peter Wait) of Las Vegas, NM; three sons, John (Irene) of Cotter, AR, William (Jacquelyn) of Solon, IA, and James of Iowa City. Four grandchildren; Sean (Mandy) Lenihan of Hernando, MS; Laura Lenihan Hickman of Postville, IA; Jason (Khayala) Lenihan of Baku, Azerbaijan; and Olivia Lenihan of North Liberty, IA; eight great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Charles; her parents; her brothers; Eugene of Rochester, MN and Lawrence of Eau Claire, WI; and a sister Jane McRoberts of Fresno, CA.
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