Margaret Willen (Underwood)

Margaret Underwood was born in Wilmington NC, the daughter of Thomas A Underwood and Mary Spivey Underwood. She died March 17, 2014 at the Beatrice Hover Assisted Living Facility in Longmont CO at the age of 96.

Margaret graduated from New Hanover High School in Wilmington and then received an RN degree from Mt Sinai Hospital in Baltimore Maryland. She married Abner Willen, a young doctor in 1941 in Baltimore and they moved to Clark, South Dakota where they lived until his death in 1969. Margaret was the Administrator of the Clark Nursing Home, and after she returned to Wilmington, a Public Health Nurse for New Hanover County. She retired and moved to Boulder CO in 1975. She was an accomplished and gifted potter and her work is appreciated by many friends and family.

Margaret was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Abner, her son Tom. She is survived by Joan Gillespie (Pat) Canton OH, Scott Willen (Jan) Santa Fe NM, Nancy Van Camp (Bill) Pierre SD, Peggy Jackson (Russ) Longmont CO and her niece Kayte Blanke. She is also survived by 9 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.

A celebration of her life will be held at Under the Sun in Boulder on May 9 from 11:00 to 2:00.