Margaret Evelyn Fenton Chatham, died June 17, 2024 at the Osborne County Memorial Hospital.
Margaret Evelyn Fenton Chatham was born July 16, 1926 near Hunter, Kansas In the Blue Hill Community to Albert and Etta (King) Fenton. Margaret grew up in the Mitchell, Rooks, Russell and Osborne County area. Her parents moved several times during the Dirty 30’s. Margaret graduated from Osborne High School in 1944. After graduation from High School Margaret attended Brown Mackie School of Business, in Salina, Kansas for 2 and half years and then was employed by Lynn Abstract and Title Company in Salina, Kansas.
On August 24, 1947 Margaret married Roy Chatham, Jr. Margaret and Roy celebrated 74 years of marriage. Margaret and Roy farmed and ranched from 1947-2012 on the Chatham family farm northeast of Luray in the Cheyenne Community. They were blessed with the birth of 2 daughters, Rita and Karen.
Margaret was the bookkeeper for the farm. She milked cows, raised chickens, took meals to the field, gardened, canned, baked, sewed, taught Sunday School, served as church treasurer, church women’s leader, 4-H Leader, chauffeured her girls to numerous school activities and worked for a short time at the Osborne Livestock Commission Company on Sale day.
Margaret enjoyed learning and helping people. Margaret enjoyed playing the piano and was Rita and Karen’s first piano teacher. She played the piano for enjoyment and loved to sing. Margaret listened to many hours of her daughters’ practicing their instruments.
Margaret was a member of the Cheyenne United Methodist Church until it closed and then attended and became a member of the Osborne Free Methodist Church.
Margaret was preceded in death by her parents, 2 sisters Neva (Wendell) Berry, and Lela (George) Scott, and her husband, Roy.
Margaret is survived by her daughters, Rita (William) Blauvelt, and Karen (Patrick) Call, one grandson Garrett (Sarah) Call and 3 great grandchildren Graham, Lawson and Sybil.