Margaret W. (Wright) CORSON

WRIGHT, CORSON, DALEY, MEHRTENS, TOSILL, BULMER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/17/2007 at 15:14:28

Margaret W. "Peg" Corson, 86, of Carbondale, died at 4:10 a.m. Sunday morning, July 18, 2004, at the Rehab and Care Center of Jackson County. Mrs. Corson was born on March 29, 1918, in Eagle Grove, Iowa, the daughter of Harry A. and Gladys (Daley) Wright. She married Keith J. Corson in St. Louis on May 21, 1938. He passed away on May 8, 1971. Mrs. Corson was a homemaker, and also worked in various capacities in and around Jackson County. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Carbondale, and sang in the choir for more than 40 years. Margaret is survived by her daughter, Patricia Mehrtens and her husband Gene of Waterloo; two grandsons, Bradley Gene Mehrtens and his fianc Breelyn Tosill and Jason Michael Mehrtens and his wife Michelle, a great-granddaughter, Kayleigh Mehrtens, and a sister, Mildred Bulmer of California. She was preceded in death by her parents and son James Michael Corson. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 20, 2004, at the First Presbyterian Church in Carbondale, with the Rev. Lee Tyler officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Grove Memorial Park. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Memorials may be directed to the First Presbyterian Church. Huffman-Harker Funeral Home in Carbondale is in charge of arrangements.

July 19, 2004
Southern Illinoisan