Margaret Coleen Senft November 25, 1923 – July 21, 2015
Today we said goodbye to one of my favorite people ever, our dear friend, Margaret. Margaret was 91 and she lived a very good life. Margaret was diagnosed with cancer about 3 months ago. She died in her favorite chair where she was comfortable sleeping these past few weeks. She did not linger long and was not in any pain. For this, I am thankful.
For those of you who took classes with me, I often talked about Margaret and her husband, Frank, who is now 96 years old. Margaret and Frank have been packing all of my class packets for the past twenty some years. It was a job Margaret loved doing as she told me it gave her a sense of purpose. It was a very, very big help to me.
Margaret was able to celebrate their 69th wedding anniversary in June. They were known to have a single drink at 3pm every afternoon. I have a great Uncle and his wife, who passed away this past year at age 100….and they too, had a drink in the afternoon. I keep telling Joe maybe we should start having a drink in the afternoon…..they all made it to 90 plus years. Maybe there is something to this afternoon drink thing!!
We’ve celebrated Christmas with Frank and Margaret for the past…I don’t know 20 some years. They have no children, except of course, for us!! Margaret loved cats and so she modeled this cat bath robe we got for her, along with her drink of the day, while celebrating with us one Christmas.
Did I mention Margaret loved cats? She loved cats. After she lost her last cat of old age, about 9 years ago, she said she did not want to have another cat because she would out live the cat. About 4 days later this little kitten stumbled onto our property. Of course Margaret took him into her home but only if we would sign a legal document stating that we would take care of the cat after she and Frank passed. Of course we signed the paper because we really wanted Margaret to have another kitty. Below is Margaret the first day she held Lucky, as she named him. She introduced Lucky to my girls, Sasha and Tillie.
It was rare to see Margaret without a smile on her face. RIP Margaret. I’m gonna miss you and your smile.