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Margaret Barnhart Obituary

Margaret Beatrice Barnhart age 95 of Thompson Road, went to be with the Lord Saturday October 10, 2009 at the home of her daughter Laura Musselman, Needmore, PA.
Born July 24, 1914 in Brush Creek Township, PA, she was the daughter of the late Amos W. and Mary Angeline Wink Duvall and the widow of Bernard P. Barnhart, whom she married on December 28, 1938. He preceded her in death February 17, 2001.
She was an active member of the Warfordsburg Presbyterian Church where she served as an elder and past president for Presbyterian Women. She was a loving mother and grandmother always putting family first.
She was a 1938 graduate of Warfordsburg High School and served as class president.
She and her late husband operated a dairy farm.
She was a charter member of the Needmore Grange, served on the board of Elections for Thompson Township, and was a committee member of the Fulton County Republican Party.
She was a volunteer for many years for the American Cancer Society and many other charities.
She is survived by her son Lowell Barnhart, husband of Lee Ann; and daughters, Laura Musselman, wife of Lee; Lois Deneen, wife of Dale all of Needmore and Linda Covalt, wife of John of Hampstead, MD, five grandchildren, four step-grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, eight step-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by three sisters, Mira Virgie Duvall, Myrtle Alice Akers and Velda Louella Barton; three brothers, William Lum Duvall, Ralph Wilson Duvall and Percy Taft Duvall.
A service will be held Wednesday October 14, at 11:00 a.m. at the Warfordsburg Presbyterian Church, Rev. Edward Blank will officiate. Burial will be in the Oakley Cemetery, Needmore, PA.
The family will receive friends at the Warfordsburg Presbyterian Faith Center, Tuesday, October 13, 3-5 and 6-8 p.m.
The family requests that memorial contributions may be made to the Warfordsburg Presbyterian Church, c/o Dianna Kincaid, 6251 Thompson Road, Needmore, PA 17238 or to the Oakley Cemetery Association, c/o M & T Bank, 100 Lincoln Way East, P.O. Box 38, McConnellsburg, PA 17233.
Arrangements were handled by the Grove Funeral Home, Hancock, MD.

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Published by Public Opinion from Oct. 11 to Oct. 13, 2009.

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Lee and Alda Lashley

October 13, 2009

Nature

As a fond mother, when the day is o'er,
Leads by the hand her little child to bed,
Half willing, half reluctant to be led,
And leave his broken playthings on the floor,
Still gazing at them through the open door,
Nor wholly reassured and comforted
By promises of others in their stead,
Which, though more splendid, may not please him more;
So Nature deals with us, and takes away
Our playthings one by one, and by the hand
Leads us to rest so gently, that we go
Scarce knowing if we wish to go or stay,
Being too full of sleep to understand
How far the unknown transcends the what we know.

By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Poetry Foundation

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