Margaret Irene Elliott (1916-2009)

ELLIOTT, MUNSON, HAYS, BAKER, YOUNT, KRATOSKA, THOMPSON, WASHINGTON

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 1/9/2010 at 09:44:36

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, January 7, 2010.

Margaret Irene Elliott, 93, of Ames, died Friday, Dec. 18, 2009, at Green Hills Health Care Center in Ames. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, at Bacon Funeral Home in Nevada, with visitation from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8. Burial will be in White Oak Cemetery.

Margaret was born Jan. 12, 1916, near Mingo, the daughter of Keith and Pansy (Hays) Munson. She married James Elliott April 5, 1930. He preceded her in death July 12, 2007.

She enjoyed farming and was a homemaker. She was a member of Cambridge Methodist Church and a charter member of the “URS and Mine Club.” She and Jim enjoyed wintering in Texas. She sang in the choir at the church she attended in Texas. She was an excellent cook and loved flowers, especially roses.

She is survived by six children, Maxine Baker, of Windsor, Calif., Kathryn Yount, of Dixon, Ill., Shirley Kratoska, of Iowa City, Sandra (Duane) Thompson, of Kelley, Tom (Barbara) Elliott, of Slater, and Norma Washington, of Nevada; 18 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, James; one son, Richard in infancy; and two brothers, Bud Munson and Dale Munson.

Memorials may be given to Cambridge Methodist Church.

Bacon Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.

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