Margaret Evelyn Fenton Chatham

Margaret Evelyn Fenton Chatham passed away on June 17, 2024, at the Osborne County Memorial Hospital. in Osborne.

She was born July 16, 1926, near Hunter, Kansas, in the Blue Hill community to Albert and Etta (King) Fenton. Margaret grew up in the Mitchell, Rooks, Russell, and Osborne County areas. Margaret graduated from Osborne High School in 1944. After graduation, Margaret attended Brown Mackie School of Business in Salina for two and half years and then was employed by Lynn Abstract and Title Company in Salina.

On August 24, 1947, Margaret married Roy Chatham, Jr. Margaret and Roy celebrated 74 years of marriage. From 1947 to 2012, they farmed and ranched on the Chatham family farm northeast of Luray in the Cheyenne Community. They were blessed with the birth of two daughters, Rita and Karen.

Margaret was the farm's bookkeeper, taught Sunday School, served as church treasurer, church women’s leader, and 4-H Leader, and worked briefly at the Osborne Livestock Commission Company on sale day.

She was a member of the Cheyenne United Methodist Church until it closed, and then she attended and became a member of the Osborne Free Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, Neva (Wendell) Berry and Lela (George) Scott, and her husband, Roy.

She is survived by her daughters, Rita Blauvelt and Karen Call; one grandson, Garrett Call; and three great-grandchildren.