June 19, 2013

Margaret Maine

Margaret E. Maine of Longmont died Oct. 15, 2012, at the Hospice Care Center in Louisville. She was 96.

She was born May 9, 1916, in Walton, Kan., to Edward and Zetta (Merrell) Molzen. She grew up in Newton, Kan., graduating from Newton High School in 1933.

She married Russell Maine on May 14, 1936, in Newton, Kan. They moved to Boulder in 1950 from Arkansas City, Kan., and retired to Cedaredge in 1971. She moved to Longmont in 2005.

Mrs. Maine was a member of the United Methodist Church, fellowshipping at the Cedaredge Community United Methodist Church and at Longs Peak United Methodist Church in Longmont.

She enjoyed baking, canning, sewing, and Wii bowling at Hover Manor.

Mrs. Maine is survived by one son, Mike Maine and his wife Judy of Longmont; one daughter, Nedra Eastom and her husband Fred of Westminster; four grandchildren, Elizabeth Clark, Lynne Rossman, Jennifer Graves and Renee Creek; 11 great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Arlene Molzen; a niece, Janice Reimer of Hesston, Kan., and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband; a brother, Jack Molzen; and a sister, Leona Kissire.

A memorial service will be held Friday, Oct. 26, at 2 p.m. at the Longs Peak United Methodist Church. A second memorial service will be held in Cedaredge.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice Care of Boulder and Broomfield Counties and can be sent in care of Ahlbert Funeral Chapel, Longmont.

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