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Margaret <I>Widdersheim</I> Thorpe

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Margaret Widdersheim Thorpe

Birth
DeWitt County, Illinois, USA
Death
22 Jan 1959 (aged 92)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Monticello, Piatt County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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MARGARET THORPE DIES IN WASHINGTON

Margaret Thorpe, 92, Monticello died early Friday morning in the Providence Hospital, Washington, D.C. She had been spending several months with her daughter, Lois Kress in Washington.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at the Mackey Funeral Home in Monticello. The Rev. Robert O. Williams of the Monticello Presbyterian church officiating. Burial was in Monticello Cemetery.
Mrs. Thorpe was born Sept. 27, 1867, near Clinton, a daughter of Peter and Charlotte Welch Widdersheim. She was married to Edward A. Thorpe, who died in 1943.
Besides Mrs. Kress, she leaves three sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Miner and Mrs. Effie Keller both of Monticello; and Mrs. Nellie Whitehead of Decatur and two grandchildren.

Note: her husband, Edward Thorpe died Aug. 1935, not in 1943 as her obit stated.
MARGARET THORPE DIES IN WASHINGTON

Margaret Thorpe, 92, Monticello died early Friday morning in the Providence Hospital, Washington, D.C. She had been spending several months with her daughter, Lois Kress in Washington.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at the Mackey Funeral Home in Monticello. The Rev. Robert O. Williams of the Monticello Presbyterian church officiating. Burial was in Monticello Cemetery.
Mrs. Thorpe was born Sept. 27, 1867, near Clinton, a daughter of Peter and Charlotte Welch Widdersheim. She was married to Edward A. Thorpe, who died in 1943.
Besides Mrs. Kress, she leaves three sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Miner and Mrs. Effie Keller both of Monticello; and Mrs. Nellie Whitehead of Decatur and two grandchildren.

Note: her husband, Edward Thorpe died Aug. 1935, not in 1943 as her obit stated.


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  • Added: Nov 25, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44774070/margaret-thorpe: accessed ), memorial page for Margaret Widdersheim Thorpe (27 Sep 1866–22 Jan 1959), Find a Grave Memorial ID 44774070, citing Monticello Cemetery, Monticello, Piatt County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Gina (contributor 46846562).