Margaret Murray Mckechnie

Margaret Murray McKechnie, 92, of Roeland Park, Kansas, died July 21, 2012.

Margaret "Marge" was born December 4, 1919, in Chicago, Illinois, to Edward and Margaret Reisen Murray. She was the second of three daughters. She grew up in Dover, New Jersey, and eventually relocated to Kansas City in 1950.

She had six children and was a founding member of St. Pius X Parish in Mission, Kansas. Marge worked as a school secretary for twenty five years with her last appointment at Shawnee Mission North High School where she was until her retirement in 1994.

She was active in her parish with the Legion of Mary and the women's club. Marge was a devout Catholic, loving mother, and exceptional friend. She enjoyed the Kansas City Royals, playing bridge, and traveling to California to visit family. She will be sorely missed by many.

Preceding her in death are her sons Bill and Joe. She is survived by four children: Ann, Carmel Valley, California, Robert (Pat), Kansas City, Kansas, Jim (Melissa), Goleta, California, and Ed (Pam), Liberty, Missouri; grandchildren: Molly and Scott (Bill), Michael and Alex (Jim), Matthew and Ethan (Ed), and Patrick (Joe) and daughter-in-law Cynthia (Joe); siblings, Rita Murray, Rock Island, Illinois and Terry Beers (Hal), San Jose, California and their four children David (Deirdre), Marybeth (Bill), Dan (Katie), and Maggie (Antoine).

Services will be held at St. Pius X Catholic Church, 5500 Woodson, Mission, Kansas. A Rosary will be recited at 8:30 a.m., Saturday, July 28, 2012. Visitation will be from 9:00-10:00 a.m., followed by Mass of Christian burial at 10:00 a.m. Burial at Resurrection Cemetery, Lenexa, Kansas, following the service.