Margaret E. Hardy

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Bellingham, Washington

Margaret Hardy Obituary

07/30/1920 - 2/8/2011 Margaret E Hardy, age 90, passed away February 8 at her home in Bellingham, Washington following a long illness. She was born July 30, 1920 in Barberton, Ohio to Thomas and Elizabeth Taylor. She was married April 6, 1940 to Edwin Hardy, her husband of 52 years. During World War II, husband Ed served in the military while Margaret worked as a beautician. In 1950 they built their own home from the ground up in North Canton, Ohio and in 1955 moved to Garden Grove, California where Ed started a successful business as a CPA. In 1980 they retired to Sequim, Washington. When Ed passed away in 1992 Margaret moved to Bellingham. Margaret was a creative artist who always sought new ways to express her artistic talents. In the 1950s she decorated ceramic figurines and created tile mosaics. During the 1960s to 1980s she oil painted and sewed beautiful clothes for herself and her family. In recent years she took up crocheting and made literally thousands of hats which she donated to charity. Her Welsh-inspired sense of humor will be remembered by all who knew her. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Jack and Kathie Hardy of Bellingham; grandson Kevin Hardy of Portland, Oregon; sister Frances Coburn of Fullerton, California; and brother John Taylor of Lakewood, California. She will be buried next to her husband Ed in Loma Vista, California where there will be a graveside service for family and friends. Memorials may be made to Whatcom Hospice; 800 Chestnut St. Suite 1A, Bellingham, WA 98225. Westford Family Funeral Home & Cremation Broadway at Eldridge

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Published by Bellingham Herald from Feb. 10 to Feb. 13, 2011.

Memories and Condolences
for Margaret Hardy

8 Entries

Jerry & Wilma Eucker

February 16, 2011

Margaret, We will miss our late night phone calls where we were on the phone for hours while Fran kept beeping in on the other line. Your support and encouragement always meant so much.

We so appreciate you and Chubs opening your home to our family so that we could go to Disneyland. Our children have fond memories of our many trips. Thank you for not making us reupholster your white couch after our daughter had sever jet leg. How funny that after she got sick she was ready to go swimming at Fran's immediately. Your home was always a safe haven for us.

We are so thankful we made the trip to Washington with Mom (Alice Eucker) for your 80th birthday! It was so beautiful and we hope to visit the area again. We sure miss the cherries!

You and Chubs are together again. Love and Miss you both! Jerry and Wilma

Juanita Eucker

February 16, 2011

Aunt Margaret, You were such a wonderful and special individual. I will miss sending you letters and talking on the phone with you. I only wish that they had been more frequent. I am greatful for having the opportunity to have a relationship with you! I cherish the beautiful clothing and bibs that you made for my children. I will try to not be so selfish and pass them on to one of my nieces when they have children of their own. Maybe! I know I promised you that I would share, but I just can't seem to part with them.

Thank you for forgiving me for throwing up on your white couch when I was little. That memory always brings a smile to my face.

You will be greatly missed! Love you! Juanita

Joan Brown

February 15, 2011

To my Aunt Margaret, such a wonderful inspiration,
Remember when you tried over and over to get me to move to California? Both you and Uncle Ed were so wonderful to me and my many friends who spent time in your home. I remember you taking us all out to dinner as we were about to embark upon an adventurous drive to San Francisco. You wanted to make sure we had a decent meal before we left. I will always treasure the picture of you and Monty and the painting you did for me of the lone Cypress Tree along 17 Mile Drive.
We had many warm conversations in your kitchen planning the day. As Uncle Ed would say, there wasn't going to be any cooking done there. I was shocked that you were going to have a tree cut down after Uncle Ed left for work, a tree he wanted saved. In your view, what was he going to do once it was gone? I so admired your spunk.
You walked with me to the mailbox and gave me the little push I needed to send off my letter of resignation when I was a teacher. Secretly, I think your hope was that I would decide to make that move west.
Both you and Uncle Ed were so kind to my mother after my father passed away. I will love you always, my funny, warm, kind, generous, and secretly spiritual Aunt. Joan Hardy Brown

Gary Coburn

February 14, 2011

I miss Aunt Margaret and Uncle Egg so much. Growing up they were so much a part of my life. My first employer, earning more than I could ever dream of washing windows, pulling weeds and being rewarded by that wonderful ice cream, what more could a boy ask for. Learning to love the greatest team in America, Go Buckeyes! They also taught me how to accept failure, in that unsuccessful afternoon of trying to open a Macadamia nut that almost resulted in breaking a window instead. And oh, that road trip to Ohio that I was so lucky to get out of school early to go on. However, I think I will just leave the golf ball story among us ;-). You were always there, even though you were thousands of miles away. Remembering everyone's birthday, holiday or just because. You will be missed but not forgotten. Love Gary, Kerri, Morgan, Maddy and Collin

John Hardy

February 14, 2011

Aunt Margaret was both very generous & very creative. I count the visits with her & Uncle Ed among the best days of my life. And on my couch I still have an afghan she made 30 years ago . . . though the afghan and the couch have now been taken over by my cats. Mostly though she had a really good sense of humor. Had to have to put up with me when I was smaller. The standing joke between my father & Aunt Margaret was her aversion to cooking. Dad told me that when Aunt Margaret & Uncle Ed were building their house in North Canton, Aunt Margaret said “I don’t know why we have to put a kitchen in this house” I heard her say similar things over the years & I was never sure if that attitude was real or feigned but she stuck to that story as long as I knew her. Can't help but smile a bit when I think back about those days . . .

February 13, 2011

Margaret & I always went to the beauty & out for lunch every Tuesday. She would ALWAYS tell the operator "Don't make her more beautiful than me!!!!She was a good friend & Oh.. how I'll miss her. Eileen Berry

February 10, 2011

When I was in junior high, my mom took me on my first trip to California to visit Aunt Margaret and Uncle Ed. Aunt Margaret took me shopping and to all the tourist attractions. We also went to Huntington Beach and IT RAINED. It was pouring and we just sat there because she said it never rained at that time of year in California! I will always have fond memories of her and surely will miss her. Marilyn (Eucker) Leadbetter

February 10, 2011

She bought me my first Shirley Temple doll..made my drapes for our first house...flew to Ohio for the birth of our son...we laughed together & cried together...she was the BEST of sisters. Til we meet again...you will be truly missed...Love you, Fran & Bob

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