A Celebration of Life and Remembrance for Margaret Rose Holden-Matlock, age 82 years, of Hunter, is 2:00 pm, Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at United Methodist Church of Hunter. Reverend Michelle McCarty will officiate. Burial will follow in White Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home. Margaret passed away Monday, January 4, 2016 in Hunter.
Margaret was born April 23, 1933 In Edmond, Kansas to William Sager and Margaret (Craig) Sager. She married Byron Holden September 9, 1951. Together they had 14 children. They had a farm in Colorado, and while Byron was tending the farm, Margaret was busy as a stay at home mom. They were married 28 years until Byron’s passing in 1979. She then married Raymond Matlock on February 22, 1982 and they were married 25 years until he passed in 2007. Raymond was a truck driver and Margaret enjoyed traveling the country with him. Margaret’s greatest joy in life was spending time with her children and many grandchildren. Margaret was a devoted Christian and was active in her church, teaching Sunday School at her church in Olympia, Washington. Faith was important to her.
She is preceded in death by her husbands, Byron Holden and Raymond Matlock, parents, William and Margaret, two sons, Riley Scott Holden, and Donald Ivan Holden; two sisters, Wilma and Betty, and one brother, William.
She is survived by her children, Larry, Barbra, Stanley, Dwight, Henry, Thomas, Marilyn, Daniel, Dorothy, Paul, Timothy, and Ralph; seven step-children; twenty-nine grandchildren; as well as numerous great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other family and friends.
Condolences may be made and services viewed online at www.ladusauevans.com.
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