Margaret you are now greeted by Angels.
Grandma and Grandpa Tomsha.
Theresa, Mimi, Johnnie, Frank, Joyce, My Dad Larry (Toots)and Baby Tomsha.
May this Candle I light for you brighten the path to you're awaiting love ones.
I so miss ALL of you......
Georgia Castle

Rest peacefully Maggie.  I remember that beautiful face and wonderful smile.  Take it to heaven where so many friends are waiting to receive you where my Mom and Dad will surely be right up front with Herb and Jerry.

MARGARET IVEY'S FAMILY, our thoughts and prayers are with you during these times of loss. Psalms 56:8. Marguerite Hyde Toledo, Ohio.

Aunt Margaret was a teenage girl's glamorous role model. Always dressed in the latest fashion, our sporty and beautiful aunt was the Eva Gardner of the Tomsha family. The nieces were often gifted with sample perfumes and lotions delivered in perky little cosmetic bags and purses, and we looked forward to seeing the newest lipsticks and smelling the newest fragrances. She was dark, exotic, energetic, and robust enjoying life always finding something to laugh about. She was a realistic but generous to foolish daydreamers. Head of her class at Valley, WA high school, she demonstrated an athletic ability in addition to her grasp of the academic. Outdoor sport, from boating to golf and then dancing were life-long pursuits that kept her fit well into her 90s. I was always curious about her philosophy of life but observed that she subscribed fully to the motto of having fun and not taking life too seriously. She once remarked that there was nothing wrong with just going forth and multiplying, though she had only one child. She commented that my father was good looking at every phase of his life, and this thought brought forward the memory of my father as a loved brother. Margaret loved her family, and often would comment on Mamma, her mother for whom she was named and who was never very far from her in her heart and memory.

Margaret had a strong work ethic that saw her riding the bus to and from downtown to work at the cosmetic counters of The Crecsent Department store from which she retired. Always cleaning, gardening, cooking at home she nevertheless had an impressive career in cosmetics. She worked near the famous Clock where people would rendezvous to meet up with friends and family for a lunch or dinner downtown. There, she and I met at the Counter and shared news of the larger family. She offered sound advice and modeled good humor always.

With Bob, her companion of over 28 years, she enjoyed many happy years of travel, watching sports, dancing, and visiting with friends.  Like her sisters, Margaret was a talented sewer and an excellent cook and entertainer. She loved to laugh and enjoyed the interaction with lots of people both in Spokane and in Yuma, where she and Bob wintered for many years.

One of my favorite memories of Margaret, but there were many, was riding along mountain roads on a sunny day in eastern Washington in the jeep with the two hunting dogs near their lake cabin. I had never seen such beautiful dogs or enjoyed such a freedom as being out in nature feeling so free and alive watching vibrant grownups who acted like kids in the way they enjoyed outdoor adventure.

In recent times when more confined to the house, I remember how Margaret was ever the TV sports fan. She would excitedly ask, Did you see that? when referring to a certain play of one game or another. And so I want to remember Margaret as she was riding in the back of her jeep being jostled about on back mountain roads in her shorts, showing off the perfectly shapely petite figure,  laughing and then the thrill in her voice when she recalled that certain triple play or amazing catch on TV. She was something. She was amazing, and she was, with appreciation, my aunt.

OBITUARIO

Margaret R. Ivey

3 noviembre, 1917 – 14 diciembre, 2015

Ball & Dodd Funeral Home

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