1929
Margaret
2009
Margaret Lumbra
May 24, 1929 — May 14, 2009
COWANSVILLE, QUE. / RICHFORD, VT - Margaret Elaine Lumbra, age 79, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2009 at the Centre DAcceuil Nursing Home in Cowansville, Quebec.
She was born in Sweetsburg, Quebec on May 24, 1929 the daughter of the late William Armstrong Cleveland & Dorothy Maud (McQuinn) Cleveland.
Margaret started working at the Bruck Silk Mill in Cowansville on June 1, 1949. She married Roger Lumbra on December 9, 1967; he predeceased her on April 21, 1994. Margaret & Roger moved to Richford in 1967 and she continued working at the mill in Cowansville until 1976 at which point she began working at the C. Bockus gas station until 1979. From 1979 to 1985 she worked at the Blouins I.G.A. in Richford and finally was employed at the Merchants Bank in Burlington, VT from 1986 until she retired in 1995. Margaret married Marcel Martel October 11, 1997; he predeceased her July 10, 2008.
Margaret was a member of the Richford 1st Baptist Church and a 50 years member of the Rebeccas in Canada. Her hobbies were dancing, crocheting, reading, playing cards, playing jokes and traveling extensively in the Unites States and Canada with her husband Marcel, her friend Rose and her nephew Steven. Hawaii was the furthest place she traveled too. She also loved dogs, especially a Dachshund named Co Co .
She is survived by her sisters, Lois Hollenbeck of Waterloo, Que., and Wilma Cleveland Bockus Derrick of Cowansville, Que.; numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces & great nephews, great great nieces and a great great nephew. Besides her parents and husbands, Margaret was predeceased by a half brother, Wellington Grubb; brother-in-law (Wilmas husband), Robert Derrick; and brother-in-law, (Loiss husband) Gerald Hollenbeck who passed away shortly after Margaret on the 14th of May
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 12:00 PM at the Richford 1st Baptist Church on School Street in Richford, VT with Pastor Lyle Willey officiating. Interment will follow in the Hillside Cemetery in Richford.
A time of visitation will be held at the Richford 1st Baptist Church on Tuesday from 10:00 Am until the hour of the funeral.
For those who wish, contributions in Margarets memory may be made to the Richford 1st Baptist Church, 33 School Street, Richford, VT 05476
She was born in Sweetsburg, Quebec on May 24, 1929 the daughter of the late William Armstrong Cleveland & Dorothy Maud (McQuinn) Cleveland.
Margaret started working at the Bruck Silk Mill in Cowansville on June 1, 1949. She married Roger Lumbra on December 9, 1967; he predeceased her on April 21, 1994. Margaret & Roger moved to Richford in 1967 and she continued working at the mill in Cowansville until 1976 at which point she began working at the C. Bockus gas station until 1979. From 1979 to 1985 she worked at the Blouins I.G.A. in Richford and finally was employed at the Merchants Bank in Burlington, VT from 1986 until she retired in 1995. Margaret married Marcel Martel October 11, 1997; he predeceased her July 10, 2008.
Margaret was a member of the Richford 1st Baptist Church and a 50 years member of the Rebeccas in Canada. Her hobbies were dancing, crocheting, reading, playing cards, playing jokes and traveling extensively in the Unites States and Canada with her husband Marcel, her friend Rose and her nephew Steven. Hawaii was the furthest place she traveled too. She also loved dogs, especially a Dachshund named Co Co .
She is survived by her sisters, Lois Hollenbeck of Waterloo, Que., and Wilma Cleveland Bockus Derrick of Cowansville, Que.; numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces & great nephews, great great nieces and a great great nephew. Besides her parents and husbands, Margaret was predeceased by a half brother, Wellington Grubb; brother-in-law (Wilmas husband), Robert Derrick; and brother-in-law, (Loiss husband) Gerald Hollenbeck who passed away shortly after Margaret on the 14th of May
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 12:00 PM at the Richford 1st Baptist Church on School Street in Richford, VT with Pastor Lyle Willey officiating. Interment will follow in the Hillside Cemetery in Richford.
A time of visitation will be held at the Richford 1st Baptist Church on Tuesday from 10:00 Am until the hour of the funeral.
For those who wish, contributions in Margarets memory may be made to the Richford 1st Baptist Church, 33 School Street, Richford, VT 05476
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