With great memories and much gratitude, the Children of Margaret Dawn McGary announce the passing of their beloved mother on March 21, 2023. Margaret was born on July 6, 1934 in Saint Anthony, Idaho to George Melvin Brinkerhoff and Nina Valeria Staker.
Margaret was raised in Utah where she met her husband, Dwain McGary. They were married and sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on March 6 th 1953. They moved to California and raised 5 children. After raising her children, she went back to school and received a bachelor degree in English.
She was active in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and held many callings over her life and with Dwain she served a mission in The Rochester New York Mission. They also served in the San Diego Temple as Ordinance Workers for over 20 years.
She loved to write and even submitted a story to the Church magazine, Friend, where it was published. She lived in California until the death of her husband in 2019 at which time she moved to Spanish Fork, Utah and lived with her son Robert.
She was preceded in death by her husband Dwain, grandson Shawn, her parents, sister, and brother. She is survived by her children: Russell Dwain McGary (Susan) of Forest Lake, Minnesota; Robert Melvin McGary (Jill) of Spanish Fork, Utah; Carl David McGary (Hitomi) of Mutsuura, Japan; Maureen McGary Christensen (Ryan) of Anaheim, California; Marvin Kent McGary (Stephanie) of Medford, Oregon; and her brother, George Brinkerhoff of Salem, Utah. She also has 19 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.
Margaret will be laid to rest in Shelly, Idaho on April 8, 2003.
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