A visitation will take place from 1-2pm, service at 2pm, on Thursday, June 2, at Floral Hills Funeral Home, 7000 Blue Ridge Blvd, Kansas City, MO.
Margie was born March 27, 1929 in Koshkonong, MO to Harry Clay and Florence Oral Todd. She was one of five girls born from the union.
Margie married Kenneth Boles in 1946 and remained married until his death a few years later. She then moved to Kansas City with her two small children and went to work at Westinghouse. She later married Noble Ray Riggs in 1959 and had two more children with Ray. She remained married to Ray until his death in 1967.
Margie was a devoted mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend and loved by all who knew her. Margie raised her children alone with determination and perseverance. She held various jobs in manufacturing in her younger years and later worked as a PBX operator at Providence St. Margaret Hospital in Kansas City, KS from where she retired. After retirement, she enjoyed traveling, dedicated herself to helping with her grandchildren and actively engaged with her church and community. She was an avid reader and made beautiful crocheted works which she loved to gift to others. Margie’s home was a “Hallmark” store many said. She was a collector of bunnies, angels and teapots and spent countless hours searching for additions to her collections. She loved to feed people and you could always count on a meal if you came to visit. Although life brought much tragedy to Margie, she was always gracious and thankful for the good in her life. She was an encourager not just in how she lived her own life but through her words…..“it ain’t no hill for a climber”.
Margie was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands and all of her sisters. She is survived by her sons: Ted Boles (Pat) of Independence, MO and Mike Riggs (Lorrie) of Kansas City, MO; and daughters: Trudy (Ron) Ringel of Shawnee, KS and Debbie (Mitch) Caponetto of Grain Valley, MO and many grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
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