Parents: Edgar Otis and Bertha Gower
Siblings: Bill Gower, Alma Griffith, Anna Patrick, Odell Gower, Richard Gower, Bob Gower, Velma Jones and Bertha Gower
Half-siblings: Cliff, Reed and Merrill Gower
Spouse: Earl Freeman (mrd. in 1946 in Marion)
Children: Keith Freeman of Carbondale and Beverly Hackney of Decatur
Mrs. Freeman managed the snack bar at SIU until her retirement. She was a member of Walnut Street Baptist Church.
Source: Obituary dated May 28, 2010 - on file at the Jackson County Historical Society
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Burial plot location was provided by FindAGrave contributor and cemetery employee Angela Cyphers.
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Margaret Freeman died at age 85 on Thursday, May 27, 2010, at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.
She was born in Clifford on December 13, 1924, the daughter of Edgar Otis and Bertha Gower.
She married Earl Freeman in Marion in 1946.
She is survived by one son, Keith Freeman of Carbondale; one daughter, Mrs. Beverly Hackney of Decatur; three granddaughters; four great grandchildren; one brother, Bill Gower; and one sister, Alma Griffith.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Freeman; siblings, Anna Patrick, Odell Gower, Richard Gower, Bob Gower, Velma Jones and Bertha Gower; half-brothers, Cliff and Reed; and one half-sister, Merrill Gower.
Source; The Southern Illinoisan, Friday, May 28, 2010, page 2B.
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Siblings: Bill Gower, Alma Griffith, Anna Patrick, Odell Gower, Richard Gower, Bob Gower, Velma Jones and Bertha Gower
Half-siblings: Cliff, Reed and Merrill Gower
Spouse: Earl Freeman (mrd. in 1946 in Marion)
Children: Keith Freeman of Carbondale and Beverly Hackney of Decatur
Mrs. Freeman managed the snack bar at SIU until her retirement. She was a member of Walnut Street Baptist Church.
Source: Obituary dated May 28, 2010 - on file at the Jackson County Historical Society
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Burial plot location was provided by FindAGrave contributor and cemetery employee Angela Cyphers.
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Margaret Freeman died at age 85 on Thursday, May 27, 2010, at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.
She was born in Clifford on December 13, 1924, the daughter of Edgar Otis and Bertha Gower.
She married Earl Freeman in Marion in 1946.
She is survived by one son, Keith Freeman of Carbondale; one daughter, Mrs. Beverly Hackney of Decatur; three granddaughters; four great grandchildren; one brother, Bill Gower; and one sister, Alma Griffith.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Freeman; siblings, Anna Patrick, Odell Gower, Richard Gower, Bob Gower, Velma Jones and Bertha Gower; half-brothers, Cliff and Reed; and one half-sister, Merrill Gower.
Source; The Southern Illinoisan, Friday, May 28, 2010, page 2B.
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Parents: Edgar Otis and Bertha Gower
Siblings: Bill Gower, Alma Griffith, Anna Patrick, Odell Gower, Richard Gower, Bob Gower, Velma Jones and Bertha Gower
Half-siblings: Cliff, Reed and Merrill Gower
Spouse: Earl Freeman (mrd. in 1946 in Marion)
Children: Keith Freeman of Carbondale and Beverly Hackney of Decatur
Mrs. Freeman managed the snack bar at SIU until her retirement. She was a member of Walnut Street Baptist Church.
Source: Obituary dated May 28, 2010 - on file at the Jackson County Historical Society
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Burial plot location was provided by FindAGrave contributor and cemetery employee Angela Cyphers.
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Margaret Freeman died at age 85 on Thursday, May 27, 2010, at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.
She was born in Clifford on December 13, 1924, the daughter of Edgar Otis and Bertha Gower.
She married Earl Freeman in Marion in 1946.
She is survived by one son, Keith Freeman of Carbondale; one daughter, Mrs. Beverly Hackney of Decatur; three granddaughters; four great grandchildren; one brother, Bill Gower; and one sister, Alma Griffith.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Freeman; siblings, Anna Patrick, Odell Gower, Richard Gower, Bob Gower, Velma Jones and Bertha Gower; half-brothers, Cliff and Reed; and one half-sister, Merrill Gower.
Source; The Southern Illinoisan, Friday, May 28, 2010, page 2B.
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Siblings: Bill Gower, Alma Griffith, Anna Patrick, Odell Gower, Richard Gower, Bob Gower, Velma Jones and Bertha Gower
Half-siblings: Cliff, Reed and Merrill Gower
Spouse: Earl Freeman (mrd. in 1946 in Marion)
Children: Keith Freeman of Carbondale and Beverly Hackney of Decatur
Mrs. Freeman managed the snack bar at SIU until her retirement. She was a member of Walnut Street Baptist Church.
Source: Obituary dated May 28, 2010 - on file at the Jackson County Historical Society
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Burial plot location was provided by FindAGrave contributor and cemetery employee Angela Cyphers.
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Margaret Freeman died at age 85 on Thursday, May 27, 2010, at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.
She was born in Clifford on December 13, 1924, the daughter of Edgar Otis and Bertha Gower.
She married Earl Freeman in Marion in 1946.
She is survived by one son, Keith Freeman of Carbondale; one daughter, Mrs. Beverly Hackney of Decatur; three granddaughters; four great grandchildren; one brother, Bill Gower; and one sister, Alma Griffith.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Freeman; siblings, Anna Patrick, Odell Gower, Richard Gower, Bob Gower, Velma Jones and Bertha Gower; half-brothers, Cliff and Reed; and one half-sister, Merrill Gower.
Source; The Southern Illinoisan, Friday, May 28, 2010, page 2B.
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