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Margaret Lenihan
MARGARET B. LENIHAN
Coralville
Margaret B. Lenihan, 96, of Coralville, died Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, at Lantern Park Nursing Center. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 5, at Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service, 605 Kirkwood Ave., Iowa City, with Rebecca Carver officiating. Visitation will be held one hour before the service. Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery in Coralville.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be directed to the Margaret Lenihan Memorial Fund.
Margaret Belle Lenihan was born Feb. 24, 1919, in Aberdeen, S.D., the daughter of George Burt and Mary Belle (Johnson) Ehle. She later moved with her family to Rochester, Minn., where she graduated from Rochester High School and married her high school sweetheart, Charles Lenihan, on June 30, 1940. Because of Charles' employment, the family moved numerous times, living in Kansas City, Mo.; Nevada, Mo.; St. Paul, Minn.; Des Moines, Iowa; and finally settling in Coralville, Iowa, where her husband was a partner in an insurance agency.
She was involved in numerous local organizations, including the Rebekah's; the American Legion Auxiliary; the Iowa City Senior Center, where she was a past member of its board of Elders; and the Old Capital Chapter of the A.B.W.A., where she was named "woman of the year" in 1994. She loved making quilts with the quilting group at the senior center and she loved to play bridge and was involved with a number of bridge groups.
Margaret is survived by one daughter, Kathryn Lenihan (Peter Wait) of Las Vegas, N.M.; three sons, John (Irene) of Cotter, Ark., William (Jacquelyn) of Solon and James of Iowa City; four grandchildren, Sean (Mandy) Lenihan of Hernando, Miss., Laura Lenihan Hickman of Postville, Jason (Khayala) Lenihan of Baku, Azerbaijan, and Olivia Lenihan of North Liberty; eight great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles; her parents; her brothers, Eugene of Rochester, Minn., and Lawrence of Eau Claire, Wis.; and a sister, Jane McRoberts of Fresno, Calif.
Online condolences may be left for the family at www.lensingfuneral.com.
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