MARGARET-HOLLISTER-Obituary

MARGARET HOLLISTER

Washington, District of Columbia

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January 3, 2019
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Washington, District of Columbia

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 MARGARET IRENE HAYES HOLLISTER (Age 101)  Died peacefully late Thursday afternoon, January 3, 2019, in White River Junction, VT.Margaret was born April 15, 1917, in New York, New York, to John D. and Barbara (Kelman) Hayes. The daughter of missionaries, she grew up in Beijing, China, the...

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David and I still miss Margaret so much

Margaret is a STAR. She brought life and love, the thirst for knowledge and human understanding to everyone she met in this life. When I met her I knew I had found a soul mate. Of course, she made many feel the same way. I continue to feel enriched by knowing her as I think of her often and the legacy she left in people's minds and hearts. She continues to shine

My Condolences to the Hollister family, Margaret lived a long a productive life, she will be miss.

While my time with Margaret was a fleeting blip in the last few months of her life, I was overjoyed to have her in my life. There are just people you meet that immediately become family and speak to a piece of who you are that most don't know. Margaret was this person for me. Thank you for sharing her with us here in Vermont. <3

Margaret was a shining light of love. She was interested in everybody and everything about them. She shared her humor and intelligence graciously and abundantly. I will always miss her.

Such an amazing women and she so enjoyed being with her family. She will certainly have a place in all of our hearts.
Thank you for Shari g her wth all of us.
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Pudge

Margaret was my next-door neighbor for 26 years. She was quirky but interesting, with an exotic family history. I came under the spell of her many stories about her past. She became my second mother.

My condolences to the Hollister family for the loss of your dear loved one. May you be strengthened with all power, so that you may fully endure with patience and joy.

There's no way to do justice to Margaret's extraordinary personality. She grew up in China as the daughter of Presbyterian missionaries, went to Wellesley, loved being a social worker in DC, took up the cello at age 62. She loved the ocean and spent a week in Bethany Beach with her friends every year for more than 40 years. In the 1960s her house was a safe house for Vietnam war protestors. When we moved next door to Margaret in April 1990, in the pouring rain, she brought over a plate of...