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In Memory of . . .
Margaret "Margy" Weber
Died at age 56, former Moscow resident, on Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Obituary
Margaret Margy Weber, 56, died of cancer at her Minneapolis, Minn., home on Feb. 28. She was born to Rose (Ettesvold) and John H. Weber Oct. 4, 1949, in Belvedeere, Ill.
Before she slipped into a coma Feb. 26, she married her long-time companion, Doug Clow, in a private ceremony in their living room.Margy was raised in Moscow and attended St. Marys Catholic Elementary School. She graduated from Moscow High School in 1967. Margy graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BA in journalism and received a masters in public policy from the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota.
Margy worked with fundraising for several nonprofit groups that help children and families in the Twin Cities, including Harvest Prep School/Seed Academy, La Creche Early Childhood Center, and A Chance to Grow. She also was executive director of Seward Community Clinic, development director of the former Community Clinic Consortium, and founding member of the Cooperating Fund Drive, now the Community Solutions Fund. At the time of her death she worked for the Childrens Defense Fund as a grant writer.
Cremation and a private memorial service have taken place. There will be a public memorial service in Minneapolis on March 19.
She is survived by her husband, Doug Clow; son, Nicholas Weber (Steffany) and his children, Ben and Stella; daughter, Meridel Nordley-Knox; her mother; and her siblings, Mary (Weber) and Doug Tully, John A. Weber, Kathy Weber, Susan Weber-Hein and Ron Hein, Kristie (Weber) and Jim Rose, Jacquie Weber-Moline and Mark Moline and Tom and Lorraine Weber. Her father preceded her in death.
Donations may be made to the Childrens Defense Fund of Minnesota, the American Cancer Society or Sojourners Alliance of Moscow.