Margie B. Guthridge

Margie Bernice Guthridge, 90, of Moville passed away Friday, March 15, 2013, at a Sioux City hospital.
Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Moville United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Ed Frank officiating. Burial will be in Arlington Township Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of McCulloch Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home in Moville.
Born Aug. 19, 1922, near Lawton, Iowa, the daughter of Clarence and Gladys (Bornholtz) Plumer, Margie was one of four children. She attended primary school at Banner Township School No. 2 and graduated from Lawton High School at age 16. She continued her education at National Business Training College in Sioux City, where she studied court reporting and other business courses. Following graduation, she worked for Wincharger in Sioux City, then moved to Moville, where she was employed at the Rural Electric Company (REC).
It was there that she met W. Raymond Guthridge. They became engaged in 1942, just days before Ray left to serve in the Army Signal Corp in New Guinea. True to her word, Margie waited three years for Ray to return from the service in early November of 1945. They were married Nov. 25, 1945. Together, Margie and Ray raised four children, Cindy, Greg, Cristy and Stuart.
She was a bookkeeper for several years, working for various Moville businesses and the Woodbury County Fair. Margie served as the Woodbury Central School superintendent secretary, as the high school principal secretary and retired while working as the Woodbury Central School Board secretary.
Margie was a member of Moville United Methodist Church and the UMW. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, a founding member of the SMILE club (Stock Market Invest Learn & Earn investment club) and a former member of the Meadows Country Club. She was honored to serve as the honorary WC homecoming parade marshal in 1971.
Margie enjoyed outdoor activities such as gardening, boating, water skiing, camping, fishing and golfing. She also enjoyed traveling, dancing, oil painting and needlework.
Margie is survived by her four children, Cindy (Don) Lahr of Fishers, Ind., Greg (Sandra) Guthridge of Granby, Colo., Cristy (Duane) Kikkert of Cape Coral, Fla., and Stuart (Mary Lou) Guthridge of Moville; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Ray; two sisters, Evelyn Maack and Joyce Davidson; one brother, Robert Plumer; several in-laws; and many lifelong friends