Memorial services for Margaret C. Stoehr,
79, of Caldwell, who died Saturday, April 18, at home of
natural causes, will he held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Boone
Memorial Presbyterian Church, Caldwell.
Dr. Donald H. Frank will officiate, under the direction of the
Dakan Funeral Chapel, Caldwell. Cremation was at an
earlier date. Mrs. Stdehr, a retired
educator and a homemaker, was born March 4, 1908, at Los
Angeles, to Arthur W. and Bertha Brown Carver. She
attended Baker University and graduated from the University of
California at Los Angeles. Post-graduate degrees were earned
from the University of Southern California and Claremont
Graduate School. She was a teacher and administrator in
the Pasadena, Calif., public schools from 1930 to 1947.
She married Karl Stoehr July 12, 1947, and they moved to
Wilder. She helped operate the family orchard, and
taught child development and teacher education at the College
of Idaho. She moved to Caldwell in 1977.
She was a member and elder of Boone Memorial Presbyterian
Church. She was also active in many organizations
including PEO, Notus Neighbors and AAUW.
She is survived by her husband of Caldwell; a son, David
Stoehr of Wilder; three daughters, Shirley Stoehr of Caldwell,
Julie (Mrs. Monte) Edwards of Gresham, Ore., and Patricia
Clark of Nampa; a sister, Mary (Mrs. Kenneth) Wilson of
Alhambra, Calif.; a brother, Arthur William of San Clemente,
Calif.; seven grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. |