Margaret H. West

Margaret H. West ,95, Rockford, died Thursday, September 10, 2009, in Sienna on Brendenwood.  She was born September 24, 1913, in Freeport, the daughter of Ernest J. and Edna M. (Meyer) Tappe.  Margaret graduated from Freeport High School in 1931. She married Raymond C. Bean in 1933, he predeceased her.  Margaret then married Harry C. West on November, 1971, and he predeceased her in September, 1987.  She was employed by Freeport Housing Authority for sixteen years after spending one year with the Indianapolis Housing Authority. She was then executive director of the Rockford Housing Authority for three years retiring in 1971, after managing Park Terrace, North Main Manor and Campus Towers. She was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church and formerly a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Freeport.  Past member of the Womens Catholic Order of Forresters in Freeport and the Womens Guild at Holy Family Catholic Church.  Margaret volunteered at Rockford Memorial Hospital as a Pink Lady and also at St. Anne Nursing Home.  She was a member of the Union League Club in Chicago and the Hummel Club of America.Survived by her son, Raymond J. Bean of Riviera Beach, FL, her daughter, Judith C. (Richard) Plowman of Simi Valley, CA, four grandchildren, Jeffry T. (Liz) Plowman, James E. (Erin) Plowman, Thomas A. Plowman and Paula S.(Jeffry)Doerr and eight great-grandchildren.  Predeceased by her husbands, Raymond and Harry, infant sister, Marian, and sister, Mercedes Hickcox.Funeral Mass will be 10AM, Wednesday, September 16, 2009, in Holy Family Catholic Church, 4407 Highcrest Rd., Rockford, IL. 61107.  Burial in St. Joseph Cemetery, Freeport.  Arrangements by Fitzgerald Funeral Home and Crematory, Mulford Chaple, 1860 S. Mulford Rd. Rockford, IL 61108.  Send online condolences to wwwfitzgeraldfh.com.