MARGARET FIRKINS
1923 - 2017
Obituary
Margaret Louise Arthur Firkins,
daughter of Nina Louise and Stephen J. Arthur, was born in Hannibal,
Missouri, on Sept. 30, 1923. She passed to her eternal glory on Nov.
18, 2017, while a resident at Kansas Christian Home.
Margaret grew up in the Fairmount area
of Kansas City, Missouri, attending the Carlisle Elementary School,
and graduating from Northeast High School. She made her profession of
faith and was baptized into the Lord on October 20, 1940, in the
Fairmount Christian Church.
Margaret was active in her church and
youth group and married her childhood sweetheart, Lynn W. Firkins, on
March 6, 1942. After World War ll, they entered the Ministry of our
Lord, serving churches in the state of Kansas for more than 40 years
in Soldier, Circleville, LeRoy, Troy, Marysville, Edwardsville, and
Greensburg. Margaret took college courses to help prepare her as a
helpmate to Lynn. She served in many capacities; in Christian Women's
Fellowship, Sunday School Teacher, singing in the choir, youth
director, and church secretary. She was active in PTA, Scouting, was
chairman of T.B. Association of Doniphan County, a volunteer for
Cancer and Heart Association, and served as Manager of the Care and
Share store for the Ministerial Alliance in Greensburg, Kansas. After
retirement, she resided on the Kansas Christian Home Campus for 30
years and became an active volunteer at the home and the Newton First
Christian Church.
She leaves to mourn her passing and her
victory in Christ: her daughter, Linda C. Dillenback and husband
Harold of Corrales, New Mexico; one son, Stephen W. Firkins and wife
Kammeron of Newton; and her daughter, Ann V. Mayfield, of Bixby,
Oklahoma, seven grandchildren; Eric, Zachary, Stephanie, JaLynn,
Christine, Matthew and Scott; as well as 11 great-grandchildren, and
many other relatives and friends.
Family will be holding private services
and interment in Floral Hills Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
A Memorial Service for family and
friends will be held at Sunday (Nov. 26, 2017) at the Newton First
Christian Church.
Memorials are suggested to either the
Kansas Christian Home or the Newton First Christian Church, in care
of Petersen Funeral Home.
