Margaret Horr

1921 - 2012  (90 years)

• Name	Margaret Horr
  Born	27 Sep 1921	Portsmouth, Scioto Co, Ohio, USA
  Gender	Female
  Census	1930
  Died	13 Jan 2012	Columbus, Franklin Co, Ohio, USA
  Person ID	I6706	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2015

  
  

  Father	Arthur Horr, Sr.,   b. 24 Nov 1885, Portsmouth, Scioto Co, Ohio, USA ,   d. 25 Feb 1952, Portsmouth, Scioto Co, Ohio, USA  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Maud Anderson,   b. 21 Dec 1886, Ohio, USA ,   d. 18 May 1976, Portsmouth, Scioto Co, Ohio, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Married	5 Oct 1910	, Scioto Co, Ohio, USA
  Family ID	F13044	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Robert Murphy
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2009
  Family ID	F2994	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  [[ Obituary: MURPHY Margaret A. Murphy, born September 27, 1921 in Portsmouth, Ohio, died Friday, January 13, 2012 in Columbus, Ohio. Preceded in death by father Arthur Horr and mother Maud (Anderson) Horr, brothers Beverly and Arthur Jr. Survived by husband, Robert; children, Michael (Sally), Powatan, VA, Scott (Maureen), Wayne, PA, Stephen (Patricia), Mansfield, OH, Eileen Anding (John), Grand Rapids, MI, and Megan Boyer (Steven), Kearney, NE; 14 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren. Known to friends as Peg or Peggy, she graduated from DePauw University in 1943 with a major in Home Economics. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She was chosen as May Queen her senior year by a vote of all senior women on campus. She was married to Robert, also a DePauw graduate, on December 1, of that year, while he, a Naval Reserve officer, was home on leave. After the war, as a wife and mother she was a homemaker personified, always supportive and always there for husband and children. Much of her married life was spent in Mansfield, OH, although there was a 3 year period in Danville, CA and another of the same length in Bucyrus, OH. She was a Sunday School teacher at First Lutheran Church while living in Mansfield and a charter member of the Agnes Paulsen Garden Club. In Bucyrus she served on a Twig of the Community Hospital. In 1980, she, Robert and daughter Megan moved to Worthington. Five years later she and Robert moved to northwest Columbus and in 2004 to Kensington Place, part of Lutheran Village. In 2007 they moved to the Courtyards area of that campus, she to the Memory Care Neighborhood and he to assisted living. Both areas are part now of Summit's Trace Healthcare Center, and in 2011 she moved to the nursing home section. Family will receive friends from 10:30-11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at Summit's Trace Healthcare Center, 935 North Cassady Ave., Columbus OH 43219. Following the visiting hours, a Memorial Service will be held at 1:30 p.m. at All Saints Lutheran Church, 6770 North High Street, Columbus, OH 43085 with Rev. James Jensen officiating. Inurnment in the church columbarium. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to Faith Mission, 315 East Long Street, Columbus, OH 43215 in her memory. Arrangements by RUTHERFORD-CORBIN FUNERAL HOME. Condolences may be sent to www.rutherfordfuneralhome.com <http://www.rutherfordfuneralhome.com>. Published in The Columbus Dispatch on Jan. 14, 2012