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DATE: Thursday, February 15, 1996            TAG: 9602150330
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: GATES                              LENGTH: Short :   28 lines

MARGARET C. WALTHER

Margaret Ellen Canfield Walther, 61, of Route 2, died Tuesday Feb. 13, 1996, in her home.

Mrs. Walther was a native of Philadelphia. She was the former owner and operator of Margaret Ellen's Ceramics and was a member of Trinity Christian Church in Winton.

Surviving are her husband, Richard Louis Walther; two daughters, Betty D. Ferreiro of Norfolk and Renee Walther Chamblee of Hobbsville; a son, Richard L. Walther II of Gates; a sister, Jean C. Ayers of Philadelphia; a brother, Joseph Canfield of Browns Mills, N.J.; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in Trinity Christian Church by the Rev. Gene Woolard. Burial will follow in the Gatesville Cemetery. Friends may join the family at the residence. Miller Funeral Home, Gatesville, is handling arrangements. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions be made to Trinity Christian Church, P.O. Box 98, Winton, N.C. 27986.

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