Margaret Ellen Mclaughlin (Cheney)
March 29, 1935 — December 21, 2013
Margaret Ellen Cheney McLaughlin, 78, died Saturday, December 21, 2013, at Hiawatha Care Center. Funeral Mass: 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 28, 2013, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marion. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion. Burial: Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include her husband, Richard; three daughters, Cathy (Jim) McCreary of O’Fallon, Illinois, Carol (John) Lawlis of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and Mary (Kevin) Kahl of Granger, Indiana; two sons, Mike (Stephanie) of Solon and John (Diana) of Marion; 17 grandchildren, Sarah, Joseph, Jacob and Grace McCreary of O’Fallon, Illinois, Kirby, Jack, Shea, Delaney, Molly, Mason, Thomas, and Tess Lawlis of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Sofia McLaughlin of Marion, Benjamin and Gabriel Kahl of Granger, Indiana and Noah and Ethan McLaughlin of Solon; and a brother, Harold Cheney Jr. of Martinsville, Illinois.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a granddaughter, Elizabeth McCreary.
Margaret Ellen Cheney was born on March 29, 1935, in Little Falls, New York to Harold and Helen (Scannell) Cheney. She graduated from St. Mary’s Academy in Little Falls in 1952. She moved to Cedar Rapids in 1958. Margaret married Richard McLaughlin in Cedar Rapids in 1963.
Margaret stayed at home with her children during their school years, returning to work outside the home in 1985. She held jobs at B. Dalton Booksellers in Lindale Plaza, Parsons Technology and finally at Theatre Cedar Rapids. She enjoyed her children and was an avid reader. She loved the theater and all of the persons she met in that capacity.
Memorials may be directed to Shriners Children’s Hospital in memory of Margaret.
Survivors include her husband, Richard; three daughters, Cathy (Jim) McCreary of O’Fallon, Illinois, Carol (John) Lawlis of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and Mary (Kevin) Kahl of Granger, Indiana; two sons, Mike (Stephanie) of Solon and John (Diana) of Marion; 17 grandchildren, Sarah, Joseph, Jacob and Grace McCreary of O’Fallon, Illinois, Kirby, Jack, Shea, Delaney, Molly, Mason, Thomas, and Tess Lawlis of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Sofia McLaughlin of Marion, Benjamin and Gabriel Kahl of Granger, Indiana and Noah and Ethan McLaughlin of Solon; and a brother, Harold Cheney Jr. of Martinsville, Illinois.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a granddaughter, Elizabeth McCreary.
Margaret Ellen Cheney was born on March 29, 1935, in Little Falls, New York to Harold and Helen (Scannell) Cheney. She graduated from St. Mary’s Academy in Little Falls in 1952. She moved to Cedar Rapids in 1958. Margaret married Richard McLaughlin in Cedar Rapids in 1963.
Margaret stayed at home with her children during their school years, returning to work outside the home in 1985. She held jobs at B. Dalton Booksellers in Lindale Plaza, Parsons Technology and finally at Theatre Cedar Rapids. She enjoyed her children and was an avid reader. She loved the theater and all of the persons she met in that capacity.
Memorials may be directed to Shriners Children’s Hospital in memory of Margaret.
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