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Margaret E. "Maggie" Owings
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Maggie made her home with her late husband, Lt. Col. Orville Owings (Ret.) in St. Joseph, where she raised her family. In 1982, Maggie relocated to Mancelona from Dallas, Texas.
Maggie was an outgoing individual who never met a "stranger," and was always a social butterfly who enjoyed being in mix. She could often be found out dancing or around the town socializing with her many friends. Maggie will be missed by all who knew her.
Maggie is survived by her two daughters, Jan (William Frank) King of Austin, Texas, and Lisa Owings of Novato, Calif.; one son, Craig (Sarah Terry) Owings of Boquete, Rep. of Panama; her sister, Muriel (Peter Mikowski) Keller of Traverse City; two grandchildren, Renee Owings and Charles Harder; two great-grandchildren, Alyssa Peterson and Justin Peterson; nephews, Norman McCoy, Russell Owen and Mark Owen; and many other loving family members and friends.
Maggie was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Orville; a sister, Marilyn; and brother, Jarvis.
Graveside committal services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008, at Riverside Cemetery in Dowagiac.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Munson Hospice in Traverse City would be appreciated.
The family is being served by the Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, www.reynolds-jonkhoff.com
This obituary was originally published in the Record-Eagle.
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Flake Barber
September 7, 2008
My sympathy goes out to Maggie's children, Lisa, Jan and Craig as well as the rest of the family. I knew Maggie from Grapevine, Texas where she lived with Lisa, my neighbor and friend. Maggie was my oldest daughter's baby sitter and nicknamed her "Peeper" because of her big eyes. My husband & I loved her...she was always cooking or organizing and was a lot of fun. She and my husband danced the at the old Grapevine Steak House and I remember her looking so elegant in her dancing clothes. What a lady...
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Tim & Joanie Moore
September 4, 2008
Rest in peace, Maggie. Norman, Kelly and Muriel, we are sorry about your sister and aunt.
ann johns
September 1, 2008
very sad to see in todays paper of margaret's passing.I have known margaret for at least the last 3 or 4 years. she would come look for me and and another lady friend everytime she would come shop at meijers at night. we ,as she would always comment with her lovely smile ,like having us pack her grocerys her way and we always gave her all the time she ever wanted in doing so.i know this was one of the reasons why she always came to us.i know how sadded she was when her brother passed away and how lonely she felt, but she had a big heart that kept her smiles up and her way about her always going. she was a very nice and enjoyable lady to talk with. i know she rather of went shopping later at night because of the traffic during the day, i worried about her driving so far away at that time of night to mancelona, but she knew what was better for her and i accepted that. She will definitely be missed! she loved her pies, in her honor i shall have a piece on her!god bless her and her family,she was one dynomite women!
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