Marguerite Carpenter
Marguerite Carpenter
Marguerite Carpenter
1918-2015
Marguerite Carpenter, age 97, of Burlington Junction, Missouri, entered into peace Tuesday, December 29, 2015, at Nodaway Nursing Home, Maryville, Missouri. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m., Saturday, January 2, 2016, at Community of Christ Church, Maryville, Missouri with Elder Gary Collins officiating. Burial will be in the Ohio Cemetery, Burlington Junction, Missouri. Memorials may be directed to the American Legion Auxiliary 315 of Burlington Junction, Missouri. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family on our website at, www.ritchiefuneralhome.com under Obituaries. Arrangements were entrusted to the Ritchie Funeral Home of Clarinda, Iowa.
Marguerite Bernice Teters Carpenter was born January 4, 1918, in Kansas City, Kansas to George Perry Teters and Lucyann (Wendel) Teters. She grew up in Kansas City attending Prescott Elementary School, Central Junior High School and graduated from Wyandotte High School in 1935, where she was a member of the National Honor Society.
Following graduation, she worked at Swenson Construction Company in Kansas City, Missouri as an administrative assistant. Continuing her business career, she worked for the United Service Organization in the Empire State Building, New York City during the war. After the war, she returned to Kansas City and worked for an engineering firm, Natkin and Company, Kansas City, Missouri. On December 4, 1948, she was united in marriage to Woodwroe Weedon Carpenter in Liberty, Missouri and lived on the family farm near Burlington Junction, Missouri.
Marguerite was a member of the Community of Christ Church, Maryville, Missouri., having been baptized into the church at age 18. Marguerite enjoyed farming and had a love of the land. After Woody’s death she did volunteer work at the University of Missouri in Maryville helping students with English as a second language. She also enjoyed traveling and was an avid bridge player. Marguerite was a member of the CC Club, several bridge clubs and a member of the American Legion Auxiliary 315 for 45 years.
Preceding Marguerite in death were her parents; husband, Woodwroe Carpenter; brother, Lewis Mecklenburg; infant daughter; son, Gary Carpenter; and friend Bernard Jones.
Survivors include her two sons, Bruce Carpenter and wife Ann of Birmingham, Alabama and Richard Carpenter and wife Eloise of Burlington Junction, Missouri; grandchildren, Christopher Carpenter and wife Julie of Kansas City, Missouri, Matthew Carpenter and wife Shelly of Leawood, Kansas, J. W. Carpenter and wife Rebecca of Birmingham, Alabama, Kelty Heilman and husband Kip of Lighthouse Point, Florida; great grandchildren, Joseph, Jacob, David, Scarlett, Rachel, Isaac, Leah, Jack, Victor, Kate (all Carpenters); nephew Karl Mecklenburg and wife Carolyn of Ohio; and many friends.
