Marguerite Doris Hamilton (Wickering), age 82, went to be with her Lord on December 4, 2012 surrounded by her loving family. She was preceded in death by her husband of 22 years, Robert Thomas Hamilton in 1979, her parents, John Wickering and Florence Wickering (Phelan), brothers, John Henry Wickering, William Theodore Wickering, James Robert Wickering, sisters-in-law, Betty Wickering, Iris Wickering, Jean Wickering, Barbara Hamilton and Dorothy Patterson (Stowe), and granddaughter Tess. Surviving are sister-in-law Shirley Wickering, daughter Catherine Ann (Gilbert) Martinez, son Gregg Robert (Angela) Hamilton, grandchildren, Jerry, Adam, Jennifer, James, Chazlin, Anthony, Rachael, Elissa, Joseph, great-grandchildren, Jayvionna, Eliott, Lauren, Brycen, many nieces, nephews and countless friends. Marguerite was proud to have taught 3rd and 4th grades in the Grand Rapids Public School System for 38 years. She was a distinguished alumnus of Aquinas College and received her Masters in Education from Michigan State University. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at St. Andrew’s Cathedral with Rev. John Kenny as celebrant, 301 Sheldon Boulevard, S.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49503. You may greet her family for visitation on Monday, December 10, 2012 from 6-8 p.m., and again on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 from both 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at Reyers North Valley Chapel. For those who wish, please consider a memorial contribution in memory of Marguerite to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.
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