USDA APHIS Alumni Organization (AAO)

The following announcement was on the APHIS network. Mrs. Beckett was 96. The obituary was in the April 26, 1999, edition of The Washington Post (see below).

Barbara Kennedy's Mother

It is with deep sadness that we inform you that Mrs. Margie Beckett, Mother of Barbara Kennedy, Director's Office, Plant Protection and Quarantine, passed away on Saturday, April 24, 1999.

The viewing will be held on Tuesday, April 27 from 6-8 p.m. at Ft. Lincoln Cemetery, Bladensburg Rd., Brentwood, Maryland. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. at Ascension Lutheran Church, 7415 Buchanan St., Landover Hills, MD (off Rt. 450, behind St. Mary's Church).

I will have a sympathy card at my desk tomorrow for anyone who would like to sign it.

Barbara at:

2219 Dairy Farm Rd.
Gambrills, MD 21054

If you have questions or need further information, please call me at 301-734-8247.

Beckett, Margie M.

On April 24, 1999, of Gambrills, MD, beloved wife of the late Emil Beckett; mother of Barbara Kennedy; grandmother of Mark and Lance Zimmerman; great grandmother of Kara, Kelsi and Zackery Zimmerman. Also survived by one neice, Helen Pitsenbarger. Friends may call at the Fort Lincoln Funeral Home, 3401 Bladensburg Road, Brentwood, MD, on Tuesday, April 27, from 6 to 8 p.m. Service willbe held on Wednesday, April 28, at1 p.m. at Ascension Lutheran Church, 6415 Buchanan St., Landover Hills, MD 20784. Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Building/Mission Fund of Ascension Lutheran Church or Feed the Children Fund.

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