Margaret Elaine Cleveland1

F, #31585, b. May 24, 1929, d. May 14, 2009
Pedigree

Family 1

Roger Jay Lumbra Jr. b. Mar 12, 1933, d. Apr 21, 1994

Family 2

Marcel Albert Martel b. Dec 16, 1926, d. Jul 10, 2008

Chronological Events

Birth*May 24, 1929 Margaret Elaine Cleveland was born on May 24, 1929 at Sweetsburg, Brome-Missisquoi Region, Quebec, Canada.2 
Marriage*Dec 9, 1967 She married Roger Jay Lumbra Jr., son of Roger Jay Lumbra and Hildred Whitehead, on Dec 9, 1967.1 
Marriage*Oct 11, 1997 Margaret Elaine Cleveland married Marcel Albert Martel on Oct 11, 1997 at Richford, Franklin County, Vermont, United States.3 
Death*May 14, 2009 Margaret Elaine Cleveland died on May 14, 2009, at age 79 at Centre D'Acceuil Nursing Home, Cowansville, Estrie Region, Quebec, Canada.2 
ObituaryMay 15, 2009  OBITUARY: COWANSVILLE, QUE./RICHFORD, Vt. - Margaret Elaine Lumbra, age 79, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2009, at the Centre D'Acceuil Nursing Home in Cowansville, Quebec.

She was born in Sweetsburg, Quebec, on May 24, 1929, the daughter of the late William Armstrong Cleveland and Dorothy Maud (McQuinn) Cleveland.

Margaret started working the Bruck Silk Mill in Cowansville on June 1, 1949. She married Roger Lumbra on Dec. 9, 1967; he predeceased her on April 21, 1994. Margaret and 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 Blouin's 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, Oct. 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 Rebecca's 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 to. 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 and great-nephews, great-great-nieces and a great-great-nephew. Besides her parents and husbands, Margaret was prede-ceased by a half brother, Wellington Grubb; brother-in-law (Wilma's husband), Robert Derrick; and brother-in-law, (Lois's 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 p.m. at the Richford 1st Baptist Church on School Street in Richford, with Pastor Lyle Willey officiating. Interment will follow in the Hillside Cemetery in Richford.

Published in the St. Albans Messenger (VT) - May 15, 2009.2
 
Burial*May 19, 2009 She was buried on May 19, 2009 at Hillside Cemetery, Richford, Franklin County, Vermont, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 53404362.4 

Citations

  1. [S4094] Vermont - Death Record, online at Ancestry.com.
  2. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  3. [S2194] Vermont - Marriage Record, online at Ancestry.com.
  4. [S80] Gravestones - Death Cert Proof, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves, #19.

All information on my site is free to use, BUT should be checked before using because we do sometimes make mistakes.
CREDIT should be given to publishers of obituaries & book publications where known.