People

: Margaret Angeline (Hargis) Stump; She was born to Chalmer and Mabel Hargis in Ovid, Colorado. The family moved to California shortly after her birth, but missed true winters and so returned to Colorado. Margaret grew up in the Fruitvale area of Mesa County. She attended the Fruitvale School and graduated from the Ross Business College. She became a bookkeeper for Up-To-Date Cleaners, a job she kept for 40 years. U.S. Census records from 1940 show her occupation as housekeeper. She was married in 1942 to James E. Stump, the County Assessor. Together they lived at 1435 White Avenue in Grand Junction. Church and family were the most important parts of her life. She joined the Pear Park Baptist Church in the 1920’s, and became a member of the First United Methodist Church in Grand Junction in the 1930’s. She was also a member of the Sunshine Order of the Eastern Star, the Social Order of Beauceant, and the treasurer of the local AARP. She volunteered as a receptionist at the Museums of Western Colorado.

: Margaret Beranek; Margaret, who went by Betty, was a lifelong resident of Lafayette, CO and married Joe Beranek on January 14, 1950 and they had two sons. Betty worked as an operator and administrative assistant for the telephone and telegraph subsidiaries for 38 years and retired in 1988.

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