NAME OF DECEASED:
MARGARET RUST HOWE
AGE: 90
ADDRESS: 1951 Sagewood lane #215, Reston, VA Former Medford Area Resident
TIME & PLACE OF FUNERAL: Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday April 23 at the Hemer Funeral Home, Medford
OFFICIATING: Rev. Dr. Michael Adedokun
VISITATION AT: 1:00 P.M. until the time of services at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, April 23 at the Hemer Funeral Home, Medford
DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH: November 24, 1919 in Town of Hammel, Wisconsin
EDUCATION: Attended Stevens Point Teachers’ College from 1938-1941. Completed her BA in 1970, her MA in 1971, both in education from Eastern Michigan University
MARRIAGE INFORMATION: Married to Donald W. Howe in 1952 and they later divorced in 1968
PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN LIFE: In 1941, shortly after the U.S. entered World War II, Margaret left college to move to Detroit and work in a defense plant. She continued to live and work in the Detroit area. Upon her marriage, she and her husband purchased rental property in Willow Run, Michigan, which they managed as their main source of income until 1965. In 1968, at the time of her divorce, she and her children moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, and she was licensed as a realtor. She continued to work as a realtor and to own and manage residential rental property in Ann Arbor area until 1999. In 2003 she moved to Northern Virginia. She was an avid gardener; published poet; enthusiastic cook; lover of classical music, opera and musical comedy.
MEMBER OF: First United Methodist Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Ann Arbor Board of Realtors; Self-Realization Fellowship
SURVIVING CHILDREN: Joan Howe of Reston, VA, Robert (Martha Nichols) Howe of Cambridge, MA and Victoria Zenner of Springfield, VA
# OF GRANDCHILDREN: 2 Grandsons: Matthew Zenner and Nicholas Howe
DECEASED BROTHERS/SISTERS: Pauline Wulff, Kurt Rust, Jr., Fred Rust, Rudolph Rust, Walter Rust, Henryetta Ruth Rust, Emma Rashott and Charlotte Bielke
DECEASED FATHER: Kurt Rust DECEASED MOTHER: Pauline Thut
OTHER INFORMATION: The family requests donations to be made to the Smile Train
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