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Margaret Chown
June 25, 1928 - January 27, 2016
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<div itemprop="description">CHOWN, Margaret Freda (nee Montgomery) <br />June 25, 1928 &ndash; January 27, 2016 <br /> <br />Margaret Chown, beloved aunt, cousin, friend, and longtime Red Deer resident, passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 at the age of 87 years. Margaret was born in Elk Point, Alberta to parents William and Annie Montgomery. The family's road construction company and Lacombe farm provided Margaret with her earliest experiences and a deep understanding of the rewards of hard work and a solid business sense. She went on to pursue her love of business at Henderson's Business College in Calgary and upon graduation worked for several prominent companies in the province. Margaret met her soul mate Clinton (Kink) Chown, a Canadian airforce pilot, and they married on May 26th, 1952. His career took them across the country from Winnipeg, to Summerside PEI, and finally to Comox on Vancouver Island, a place she visited often with her husband, mother, and sister, and treasured throughout her life. She and her husband loved fishing, hunting, gardening, their precious shelties Jezebel, and the numerous cats they had over the years. After leaving the airforce and settling in Red Deer the couple purchased the Pinky Laundry and Margaret continued to successfully run it long after her husband's devastating passing in 1980. She was also active in the Ladies Auxiliary of the Canadian Legion for over 40 years and was president in the early 1990s. Margaret's devotion to family was always evident. She cared for her aging mother and was always there for her younger sister. She also connected with her cousins in Northern Ireland, the birthplace of her father, and built an extremely strong and caring relationship with them. She travelled with her nieces and nephews to visit her cousins twice and longed to go back a third time. Margaret was an amazing storyteller with a head for details, dates, and names and loved to share the family history and her many adventures with others. She was considered the family matriarch by her nieces and nephews and she constantly inspired them with her fearless determination and fierce independence even when faced with significant health challenges. She did it her way, living independently in her own home until being admitted to the hospital at the end of November. We will miss Aunt Margaret and all she was!! She will be lovingly remembered by her cousins, numerous nieces, nephews, friends, and extended relatives and loved ones in Northern Ireland. She was predeceased by her parents, her husband, her brothers Edward (Eddie) and John (Jack) Montgomery, and her sister Jean (Jeannie) Warren. <br />Those wishing to pay their respects may do so on Wednesday, January 3rd, 2016 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45th Street, Red Deer. A service will be held on Thursday, January 4th, 2016 at 1pm at Gaetz United Church, 4758 Ross Street, Red Deer, Alberta, with time to pay your respects prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Margaret&rsquo;s honour may be made directly to the Kidney Foundation of Canada &ndash; Southern Alberta, 6007 1A Street SW, Calgary, AB T2H 0G5. <br /></div>