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 Margaret (Sallie) Mabie, 94, formerly of Blacksburg, and a resident of Statesboro, Ga., since 1996, died in Statesboro on April 7, 2012, surrounded by her children. Born Margaret Rogers Willers in Rochester, N.Y., in 1917, Sallie spent her childhood on her beloved Cayuga Lake and in Rochester. In 1938 she graduated from the University of Rochester with a degree in Economics. In 1941, she married Hamilton H. Mabie and moved to Ithaca, N.Y., where they made their home for 19 years. Hamilton was a professor at Cornell University and Sallie worked for many years at Ithaca High School before her children were born.
Enchanted by New Mexico after a one-year sabbatical from Cornell, they returned to Albuquerque in 1960. In 1964, they moved to Blacksburg where Hamilton was a professor of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech until 1987. Throughout his life's work, Sallie assisted him as an editor and proofreader of his books and papers. In 1971, Sallie received her Master's Degree in Education from Virginia Tech.
Wherever she lived, Sallie was an active participant in the community. In Blacksburg, she served as a volunteer in many different capacities that ranged from Girl Scout leader to serving on the Planning Commission in the 1980s. One of her great passions was the local chapter of the League of Women Voters. She believed in responsible government and an educated citizenry.
In 1996 Sallie and her husband moved to Statesboro, Ga., where she became a caregiver to him until his death in 2000. After suffering a stroke in 2003, Sallie was lovingly cared for by her daughter, Janet, son-in-law, Dave, and their children, Greg and Jill. In 2008, she moved to an assisted-living facility.
A loving mother to her three children and their spouses and a special grandmother to her six grandchildren, Sallie was the hub of her family. She was also a good friend to many.
She is survived by her son, John Mabie, of Radford, Va.; her daughter and son-in-law, Janet and Dave Matthews, of Statesboro, Ga.; her daughter, Sara Mabie, and son-in-law, Sufian Alkhaldi, of Bowie, Md. She is survived by her six grandchildren, Laura Mabie Bishop and her husband, Stephen, of Radford, Jeffrey Mabie and Sarah Mabie, of Arlington, Va., Greg Matthews, of Statesboro, Jill Matthews, of Atlanta, and Sturm Mabie, of Washington, D.C.; as well as two great- grandchildren, Kellen and Juliana Bishop. She leaves her sister-in-law, Mary Willers, of Interlaken, N.Y.; her good friend, Olive Phelan, of Ithaca; her nieces, Carol Willers White, of Bainbridge Island, Wash., and Margaret Willers, of Los Angeles; her nephew, Diedrich Willers III, of Interlaken; and her cousin, Susan Burleigh Mullican, of Statesboro.
She is predeceased by her husband; her daughter-in-law, Sherry Saunders Mabie; and her brother, Diedrich Willers Jr.
Please visit with the family at McCoy Funeral Home in Blacksburg on Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 10 a.m. A service of Celebration and Remembrance will follow at 11 a.m. conducted by the Rev. Glenn Tyndall.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Women's Resource Center of the New River Valley, P.O. Box 477, Radford, VA 24143. Arrangements by McCoy Funeral Home, Blacksburg.
Published in Roanoke Times from April 12 to April 13, 2012
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