WEST, Margaret Emma. …After a full 96 years, Marg died on January 20 at River Gardens Retirement Residence in Stratford. She was born on April 11, 1920 in Milverton to Roy and Jennie (Strathdee) Walker. She was a teacher and married Jack in 1949. They established Westlandyn (dairy) Farm near Shakespeare, and raised a family. She was mom to: Lynn (David) Romagnoli, Gary (Brenda) West, Janet, Doug (Lisa) West, and Wanda West. Grandchildren- Amy (Dan) MacLeod, Adam (Danielle) West, Brad (Helena) Loggan, Lindsay (Mark) Zacher, Mathew and Garret West, and Emma Gerber have lost a curious, questioning head of the family. Sophie, Dylan West and Nash, Stella Zacher knew her as Great Grandma. Muriel is the remaining Walker sister. Margaret was predeceased by husband Jack (2011), grandson Brent Loggan (1997), Bev (Lamb) McTavish (1990), sisters Helen Lamb (1956) and Thelma Walker (2012).
Margaret volunteered with Perth County 4H and Women’s Institute groups, Tavistock Grace United Church Women, Meals on Wheels, Wilmot Horticultural Society, and Nithview Home. Her Third-Line Wellesley and Shakespeare school students were dear to her. She had a flare for flower arranging, creating rhyming messages, and writing letters-to–the–editor. Keeping up with relations in the Strathdee, Walker and MacMillan families, as well as preserving historical buildings in the Easthopes, were important to her.
Margaret’s caring, generous and bubbly spirit will be missed by her many friends and family members. The family thanks the friends and staff at River Gardens who were wonderful to make her last 2 years comfortable and enjoyable.
Relatives and friends will be received at Francis Funeral Home, 77 Woodstock St. N., Tavistock, on Thursday, January 26, 2017, from 2 – 4 p.m. and 7 – 9 p.m. The Funeral Service will be held in Grace United Church, Tavistock on Friday, January 27 at 11 a.m., with reception following. Interment in St. Andrews Cemetery, NEH will occur at a later date.
As expressions of sympathy donations may be made to INDWELL in Woodstock (Janet’s home) and arranged through the funeral home. 519-655-2431.
