Edwards, Margie Irene

Margie Irene Edwards, 76, of Cedar Rapids, a former resident of Unionville, Mo., died Monday, May 30, 2011, at St. Luke's Hospital. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, June 3, at Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Centerville, with the Rev. Kay Singley officiating. Burial will follow at Unionville (Mo.) Cemetery.   Visitation will be held from 3 until 8 p.m. today at the funeral home, with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m.

She was born the daughter of Earl Dea and Pebble Cleo (Miller) Knowles on June 11, 1934, in Unionville, Mo., and received her education in the Unionville schools. In May 1962, Margie was united in marriage to James Watson Edwards in Princeton, Mo. They were later divorced. She worked in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa Post Office for over eight years and later became a supervisor at the Iowa Medical Clinic in Cedar Rapids.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Jessie “Jay” Knowles; and sisters, Ruth Black, Almeda Wood, Hazel Cichosz and Sylvia Speirs.

Margie is survived by her son, James and wife Corazon Edwards of Hiawatha; daughters, Zondra and husband Dan Hopkins of Cedar Rapids, Karen Edwards of Cedar Rapids, Tracy Feye and Terry of Marion and Brenda Edwards-Krabbenhoft and husband Clint of Iowa City; a brother, Raymond Knowles of Durham, Mo.; a sister, Deloris Dodd of Quincy, Ill.; 14 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a longtime friend and coffee buddy, Connie Klein of Cedar Rapids.

Memorials can be made to St. Luke's Hospice and left at or mailed to the funeral home. 

The Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Centerville, Iowa is caring for the Edwards family at this time and condolences can be sent at: