Marguerite Plunkett

Posted: Saturday, March 16, 2013 1:15 am

Marguerite Petty Plunkett

April 18, 1920-March 14, 2013

Marguerite Petty Plunkett, 92, passed away peacefully on the evening of March 14, 2013, at the Lane House Nursing Care Center, where she had resided for 10 years.

Marguerite was born April 18, 1920, in Hindsboro, Ill., to William E. and Bessie J. Petty. She attended New Ross High School and graduated from Crawfordsville High School in 1938.

Marguerite married Vance Pyle on Sept. 6, 1941. Vance was killed in World War II on July 28, 1944. She then married James Marvin Plunkett on Oct. 4, 1947.

Marguerite worked at JC Penney for 31 years. She began her career with JC Penney at the downtown store as a salesperson in the Children's Department. She then moved to the Fabric Department where her sewing hobby proved helpful. She transferred to the new store in the Boulevard Mall in 1968. She was known for her wonderful sewing skills and also for the beautiful quilts she made.

Marguerite and her husband were avid sports fans and missed very few Athenian football and basketball games. They were faithful in going to their grandchildren's activities as long as they were able.

Marguerite was a member of First Christian Church and the Ladies Circle.

Marguerite is survived by three children, Vance (Shirley) Pyle, Crawfordsville, Alice (David) Jordan, Garland, Texas, and Jim of Fort Wayne. She also had nine grandchildren, Kimberly (Jeff) McMurry, Darlington, Lori (Brian) Thompson, New Market, Brian (Leslie) Pyle, Crawfordsville, Paula (Jack) Yates, Irving, Texas, Aaron (Marolyn) Jordan, Justin, Texas, Adam Jordan, Garland, Texas, Sara Sigman, Lakeland, Fla., Paul Plunkett, Fort Wayne, and Cherie (Paul) Sipes, Milwaukee, Wisc. She had 16 great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter.

Marguerite is survived by her sisters-in-law, Katherine Plunkett and Alberta Petty, and by nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husbands; sisters, Beuleh Hutchinson, Ruby Rush and Irene Allen; brother Dr. Leonard Petty; and great-granddaughter Ella Claire Pyle.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations in Marguerite's memory to the Providence Center for Urban Leadership Development, P.O. Box 13946, Denver, CO 80202.

Funeral services will be Tuesday, March 19, at 10:30 a.m. at Powers-Priebe Funeral Home, Crawfordsville, with the Rev. Jim Ranard officiating. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Grant Avenue Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday, March 18, from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.