Margaret Louise Kuhle Ryan's Obituary
Margaret Louise Kuhle Ryan 93, of Decatur, entered into eternal rest on Friday, April 11, 2003, in St. Mary's Hospital, Decatur.
Funeral Mass will be 10 A.M. Monday, April 14, 2003 in St. Patrick Catholic Church with Fr. Donald Wolford celebrant. Visitation will be from 2 until 4 P.M. Sunday, April 13, 2003, in J. J. Moran & Sons Funeral Home with vigil prayer service at 4 P.M. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Decatur.
Mrs. Ryan was born in Assumption, IL. on August 08, 1909 the daughter of Guss and Elizabeth Lacy Kuhle.
Margaret was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church and a very devoted supporter of both school and church. Margaret was an inveterate letter writer. Her family and friends eagerly anticipated the 3 to 4 page single spaced letters she frequently sent. She loved to play bridge, or any card game, and was a very good player. Margaret was unusually informed on the subject of sports, and she followed the Millikin girls' basketball team with great fervor, and attended most of their home games. She visited her dear ones in Ireland many times, along with her husband, Patrick, whose father was an Irish immigrant as was Margaret's maternal grandmother. Even after age 90, she continued to march in Decatur's St. Patrick's Day Parade. Margaret married Patrick T. Ryan in 1930 and they would have been married 73 years.
Surviving are her daughters: Elizabeth Mae Frandsen Ray of Walnut Creek, CA.; Marianne Ryan of Woodland CA.; sons: Patrick Ryan III of Port St. Lucie, FL.; Michael Ryan Barbara of Hillsboro; brother: Lawrence Kuhle of Decatur; grandchildren: Kurt and Rodney Frandsen, Mitchell and Jill Ryan and Marcy Whitaker, Anne Downing David, Kim Pankau Tom, Todd and Jennifer Ryan, Shannon Meier Brian, Erin Threnn Todd, and Megan Ryan; 10 great grandchildren; several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Margaret was preceded in death by her parents, husband, grandson Douglas Polen, 1 brother and 6 sisters.
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