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Visitation:
Thursday, June 19, 2025 from 10 - 11 a.m. at St.
Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church
Service:
Thursday, June 19, 2025 at 11a.m. at the church.
Funeral home:
Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln
Obituary
Margaret J. Vincent, 99, of Mt.
Pulaski passed away on Friday, June 13, 2025 at the
H & J Vonderlieth Living Center in Mt. Pulaski.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday,
June 19,2025 at 11:00 a.m. St. Thomas Aquinas
Catholic Church with Father Joseph Dondanville
officiating.
A visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. until
11:00 a.m. at the church prior to the service.
Burial will be in the Mt. Pulaski Cemetery in Mt.
Pulaski.
Margaret J. Vincent was born on November 17,1925 on
a farm near Niantic, Illinois, the youngest of five
children born to Louis J. and Rose J. Ervin Pease.
Growing up Margaret enjoyed singing and tap dancing.
In 1945 she married Donald Waddell.
In 1966 she remarried to Earl Smith and in 1967 they
moved to California and purchased a home in West
Covina. Margaret secured work at the Wham-O – Mfg.
Co. where she filled the position of Personal
secretary to Arthur Melin and Richard Knerr,
co-owners of the company. Wham-O was sold in 1982
and Margaret continued working for Arthur Melin and
his brother, Tom Melin, until she retired in 1990.
Earl and Margaret lived in Whittier and La Mirada
before moving to Hemet, Ca. in 1988. Earl and
Margaret enjoyed singing together and entertained
seniors at various convalescent and assisted living
facilities. They loved camping and traveling in
their motor home.
Earl fought prostate cancer for 11 years and was
lovingly cared for by Margaret until his death in
2003. |
When the Lord closes a door he opens
a window. Margert met Edward Vincent at a Hospice
Support Group. They soon found their life styles had
paralleled and felt the Lord’s hand in their
meeting. They were married on November 12, 2005.
Margaret is preceded in death by three husbands,
three sons: Michael, Francis , and Jospeh Waddell,
one brother: Charles Pease, two sisters: Marie McGee
and Lourine Hullinger.
She is survived by a sister: Cecelia Wessbecher,
five nephews, four nieces, three step children,
seven step grandchildren, and three step great
grandchildren.
Margaret returned to Petersburg, Illinois in 2019 to
be closer to family.
She entered H & J Vonderlieth Living Center in
November 2023.
Memorials may be made to St. Thomas Aquanis Church
or Alzheimer's Association.
Peasley Funeral Home is assisting the family with
arrangements.
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