April 14, 2005

OBITUARIES

Margaret Kahoe

Margaret Kahoe of Yellow Springs passed away Tuesday, April 5, at Friends Care Center. She was 90.

Margaret was born Sept. 6, 1914, and resided in Yellow Springs on Hyde Road her entire life. She was married to Howard Kahoe, retired Yellow Springs village manager, for nearly 50 years.

Margaret enjoyed a variety of interests, including handcrafts, animals (especially her numerous cats, and her dog Blackie), mah jongh, collecting antiques, attending auctions, gardening and baking for family and friends. She had a special place in her heart for the family farm, Wabeak.

Margaret was active in the First Presbyterian Church of Yellow Springs, the Yellow Springs Library Association, the Shakespeare Club and Order of the Eastern Star. She served on the board of directors of the Miami Valley Lung Association for many years.

Margaret was preceded in death by her parents, Nettie Hutchison Welch and L.D. Welch; husband, Howard Kahoe; infant son, Christopher; sisters, Florence (Don) Loobey, Ruth (Lewis) Chapman and Esther (Edwin) Keenan; and brothers, Elder (Katherine) Welch, Kenneth (Evie) Welch and niece, Marilyn Welch Fulton.

Margaret is survived by son and daughter-in-law, Allyn and Cheryl Kahoe of Medway; daughter Patsy Kahoe of Yellow Springs; nieces, Ruth Copas of Dayton and Peggy (Dennis) Fowler of Otego, N.Y.; nephew Don (Nancy) Welch of Springfield; numerous grand- and great-grand-nieces and nephews; sister-in-law Mary Kahoe of Fairborn; and special friends Charlotte Baldwin, Helen Hammond and John Grote.

Services were held at the First Presbyterian Church of Yellow Springs on Saturday, April 9, with burial at Glen Forest Cemetery following.

The family would like to thank the Friends Care Staff for their care and comfort of Margaret.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Yellow Springs Library Association, 415 Xenia Avenue, the First Presbyterian Church of Yellow Springs, Friends Care Community, 170 East Herman Street, the Greene County Animal Shelter or a charity of choice.

Mary Elizabeth Brewer

Mary Elizabeth Brewer passed away Tuesday, April 5, at the Friends Care Center, Yellow Springs. She was 93.

She was born in Greene County on Sept. 20, 1911, the daughter of John H. and Ella (Tressler) Brewer. She graduated from Bryan High School but resided for many years in Cincinnati.

She was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Clara; brothers, Guy C., Henry Earl, Harley M., George R. and John Lester.

She is survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Graveside services were held on Friday, April 8, at the Glen Forest Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Friends Care Center, 150 East Herman, Yellow Springs, Ohio 45387.

Wendell Temple

Wendell Temple of Yellow Springs died Tuesday, April 5. He was 81.

Arrangements are pending at the Jackson Lytle Williams Maley Funeral Home, Yellow Springs.