Margaret Irene Bluem Turner

Margaret Irene Bluem Turner, 83, of Warrensburg, died at 12:24 p.m. Sunday (May 1, 2011) in St. Mary's Hospital in Decatur.

Margaret was born March 17, 1928, in Mishawaka, Ind., to Melvin and Bernice Moyer Bluem. She married Albert N. Hepler III in 1947. She later married Robert R. Turner in 1957, and he preceded her in death in 1987.

Margaret graduated from Mishawaka High School in 1946, and attended South Bend College of Commerce. She was a secretary for Quincy Junior High School for 23 years.

Margaret taught Sunday school at First Presbyterian Church in South Bend, Ind., and also First Presbyterian in Quincy. She also served as an elder of First Presbyterian Church in Quincy. She was a member of the Warrensburg United Methodist Church, and she was the Warrensburg village clerk from 1994-2001.

Margaret is survived by a daughter, Karen (Rev. Joel) Cluver of Latham; a son, John (Pat) Turner of Flower Mound, Texas; grandchildren, Jonathan (Julie) Cluver of Columbia, Mo., Jason (Cora) Cluver of Jefferson City, Mo., Mary (Travis) Wuethrich of Roanoke, Anna Cluver of Latham and Susanna (Jordan) Hopman of Beecher; two stepgrandchildren, Christopher and Kimberly Goodloe of Flower Mound; and great-grandchildren, Jacob, Sarah and Jared Cluver of Jefferson City and Joel and William Cluver of Columbia.

SERVICES: 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Mount Pulaski, with the Rev. Joel Cluver conducting. Graveside service and burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Greenmount Cemetery in Quincy.

VISITATION: 1:30 to 3 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home.

MEMORIALS: Gift of Hope, Organ and Tissue Donations.

ARRANGEMENTS: Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Mount Pulaski

Condolences may be expressed online at www.whig.com.