Margaret E. Clevenger

MARGARET E. CLEVENGER EATON, IN Margaret E. Clevenger, 94, former resident of Portland and Eaton, died Wednesday, October, 14, 2009 in Venice, Florida. The daughter of Orrington “Red” and Lella Etta (Hollingsworth) Lucas, she was born July 9, 1915 in Redland, Oklahoma. She married George House in Muncie on August 9, 1936. His death occurred January 1, 1979. She then married Everett Clevenger in Portland on November 20, 1980. His death occurred September 13, 2006. A homemaker, she had resided in Eaton and Muncie and had lived in Portland from 1980 to 2008 when she moved to Florida. Margaret attended the Full Gospel Tabernacle, Muncie. Surviving are: a son, Ralph House, Topping, VA; 4 daughters, Betty Drown, Sarah (Adam) Gerle, both of Nokomis, FL., Diane (Larry) Norris, Bluffton, Barbara (Jerry) Stevens, Fort Wayne; 5 step-children, Jesse Clevenger, Keith Clevenger, Rex Clevenger, Judy LeMaster, and Julie Clevenger, all of Portland; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. In addition to her husbands and parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Jayne Cicatko, a step-son, Max Clevenger, a brother, Edward Lucas and 3 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, October 21, 2009, in Pitman-Richman Funeral Home, 200 S. Hartford St., Eaton, Indiana. Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Cremation will follow.

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