Margaret Jones Spangler

SPANGLER, Margaret Jones was born April 12, 1925 in Jackson, Ohio to Ben and Iva Hatten, the only girl of their four children. She married C. Edward Jones in 1947. They pastored Pilgrim Holiness Churches in Ohio and Michigan. In between pastoring, Ed served seven years as business manager for the Pilgrim Holiness Church Headquarters in Indianapolis and Margaret was an aide in a hospital. While at denominational headquarters, Ed felt a call to Zambia, Africa, were they served as missionaries for ten years. Margaret was mostly the  "hostess" for the Mission's visitors and staff.

Ed passed away in 2004. Margaret moved to Wesleyan Village in 2005. In her years in Wesleyan Village she became the caregiver at different times to four ladies who were also Village residents, each of them younger then she was.

In 2006 she married Wayne Spangler, who survives. She will be dearly missed by Wayne's children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She is also survived by her "brother" Jack McDonald (actually a first cousin who was raised with her by her parents), nieces Karen (Gary) Isaacs, Melody (Mark Dodrill), and other nieces and nephews. She will be missed by many friends.

Visitation will be 10-11:00am, Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at the Merritt Funeral Home, Brooksville Chapel, where a memorial service will begin at 11:00am. Interment will be at the Riverview Cemetery in Port Clinton, Ohio.

In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorial donations to the Wesleyan Church Global Partners "Jesus Film Project".

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