Margaret V. Farrell
Sept. 7, 1919-April 21, 2008
By Staff
Margaret V. Farrell, 88, of Rynearson Road, Buchanan, died at 6:23 a.m. Monday, April 21, 2008, at Lakeland Community Hospital, Niles.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 23, at Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles, with Pastor Karen Brugler of Westminster Presbyterian Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today, Tuesday, April 22, at the funeral home.
On Sept. 7, 1919, in Buchanan, she was born to Emlsie Huse and Ethel Starks Huse.
She graduated as valedictorian from Buchanan High School and lived in Buchanan and Niles all her life.
She retired after 20 years of service for Clark Credit Corporation.
She was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church in South Bend, Ind., Business and Professional Women, the Ladies of the Moose Lodge No. 450 in Buchanan and the American Legion Auxiliary in Buchanan.
Farrell was first married to John Karl Heiermann, who died in 1973.
Later, on May 21, 1977, in Niles, she married Richard E. Farrell, who died on July 12, 2007.
She was also preceded in death by a son, John Douglass Heiermann, who died in 2002.
Surviving family includes a daughter, Margo (Ed) MacGregor of Stillwater, Okla.; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Arrangements were by Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles.
Niles Daily Star, Published 6:20am Tuesday, April 22, 2008