The Carrie Webb Patino family of Modesto, CA:Information about Margaret Wilimeana Laemerman

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Margaret Wilimeana Laemerman (b. April 26, 1912, d. January 28, 2007)

Margaret Wilimeana Laemerman (daughter of George Laemerman and Milda Hermine Hunger) was born April 26, 1912 in Hayward, Oregon, and died January 28, 2007 in Cornelius, Oregon. She married Barney Milton Webb on September 22, 1941 in Gardnerville, Nevada, son of Claudus B. Webb and Zelma Elizabeth Sparks.

Notes for Margaret Wilimeana Laemerman:
Obituary - Margaret W. Webb, 93, a resident of the Cornelius community, died Sunday evening, January 28, 2007 at her home. At her request, there will be no service, Private Interment will be held at the family plot in the Hayward Cemetery in Hayward, Oregon. Margaret W. Webb was born April 26, 1912 in Hayward, Oregon, the daughter of George Laemerman and Milda (Hunger) Laemerman. She was raised and received her education in the Hayward community. She was united in marriage to Barney M. Webb on September 22, 1941 in Gardnerville, Nevada. Following their marriage they made their home in Central Valley, California until 1952 when they moved to Hayward, California. Following their retirement, they moved to Crescent City, California where they made their home for thirteen years. In 1983 they moved to Oregon, settling in the Cornelius community. Margaret was preceded in death by her husband, Barney, on February 8,2004, after celebrating sixty-two years of marriage. For many years, Margaret worked for the Grandview Heights Citrus Association in Tara Bella, California during the winter months and then would move to San Jose, California where she worked as a floor lady for the Tri Valley Cannery. She later worked at the Pacific Candle Company (candling eggs) in Hayward, California as a floor lady until she retired. Among her interests, Margared enjoyed cooking, dominoes (42) target shooting and casinos. She enjoyed her cats (Tinker and Belle), gardening and home canning. She loved the Sierras in California. She was also preceded in death by her parents, George and Milda Laemerman; two brothers, Leonard and Herman Laemerman' and a sister, Bertha Hiatt. Margaret is survived by a sister, Ann Laemerman of Forest Grove, Oregon. ; and many nieces and nephews. The family suggests that rememberances may be made to Hayward Cemetery, c/o Paula Woodall, Secretary, 6216 NW Gales Creek Road, Forest Grove, Oregon 97116 in her memory. Forest Grove Memorial Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.

In a letter to me (Carrie) Margaret wrote (after she sent me two of her school books from when she was a girl)... Spring 2006

Dear Carrie, I just had to send these two books- so you can see how times have changed. We had to sound out our words. My cousin Shirley had sight reading, and even though she became a math teacher, her spelling isn't very good. When we went to school we had to buy everything, books, paper, pencils and pens- that was before fountain pens- all the school furnished was ink for the ink wells. I went to a one room school, there was one teacher and she taught all grades. We never had homework- I can only recall once, when I took a speller home, and that there was a test coming up, and I wanted to get a good grade. I feel so sorry to see these little kids with heavy back packs on their backs- English was my worst subject in school. Math was a breeze- even in high school. Of course now I have trouble adding 2 plus 2. (Margaret was 93 when she wrote this!). I had forgotten that these books still existed. Susan found them out in the garage. There was a whole box full. My sister Anne has some old geography books and a few others too. We are donating to Hillside 2 room school. Most of my cousins attended it. And it's now made into a museum. How times have changed, some teachers had us pledge allegance to the flag- and some also had us say the Lord's Prayer- wouldn't that go over big now? Thanks for the pretty Easter card. It's the only one I received-but I did get lots of phone calls. I stayed home alone, its just too hard to go anywhere. When Barney was still here I always prepared a leg of lamb for Easter- and it was stuffed with parsley- an English woman told how to make it. Now a leg of lamb costs at least $25.00. I love lamb chops, not lamb steak, and 3 little ones cost a little more than $10.00. So you can see that I don't have them very often. I just looked at what I have already written, I've made a lot of mistakes and my writing is really poor. I hope that you can read what I wrote. I do need a new pair of glasses. One thing, they are nearly 3 years old and I've fell asleep too many times with them on, they are cock-eyed. Another thing we were all poor as far as money went. So we tried to buy books from other familys whose children used them the year before. We were poor in money, but we had lots of food as I was raised on a farm. We had 2 pigs and one beef every year. All the vegies and lots of fruit and nuts. My mother canned everything and we had ham, bacon and sausage that was cured in the smoke house. My Dad with a team of horses went to town 8 miles away about once a month, to buy flour, sugar, coffee and a can of tobacco for he smoked a pipe. It was an all day trip going to and from town (That was the good old days). Ah yes, we had cows and chickens too. With all that I'll close. I love all of you. I do think you are a wonderful family- doing so many things with your girls- seems like they grow up so fast. Love, Aunt Margaret.

Margarets 1st husband was named Joh Johnson. Grandma Kittie and Grandpa Bennie and Barney were picking fruit and thats how they met Margaret. They were living in a trailer or cabin. Margaret and John Johnson were living in a tent under a peach tree. Kittie said her husband was mean and probably abusive. Margaret had a miscarriage (maybe because she was treated badly?). Later he was drunk driving and they got in a car crash and Margaret broke her pelvis and couldn't have children. They weren't married long and later she married Barney. Aunt Margaret died of colon cancer on 1-28-07 at about 7:00 p.m. Aunt Margaret smoked cigarettes.

More About Margaret Wilimeana Laemerman and Barney Milton Webb:
Marriage: September 22, 1941, Gardnerville, Nevada.