Margie Stroder

Margie M. Stroder, 80, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, June 6, 2015, at Heartland Care and Rehab, where she resided for the last five years.

She was born July 9, 1934, in Neelys Landing, daughter of Ernest and Ava Marie Rumfelt Cathcart. She and Glen Dayton Stroder were married Sept 24, 1955. He passed away May 13, 1998.

Margie went to school at the High Hill School near Neelys Landing. She was a member of Haynes Chapel Congregational Methodist Church for more than 60 years where she taught Sunday school for the Children Division. She worked at the International Shoe Factory in the fitting department 30 years.

Loving survivors include her daughter, Beverly (Paul) Niswonger of Jackson; a granddaughter, Rosie (Tim) Bollinger of Millersville; a grandson, Gary (Chris) Hale of Glasgow, Kentucky; two great granddaughters, Crystal and Angel Hale; a stepgrandson, Steve (Tina) Niswonger of Chaffee, Missouri; a brother, Donald Cathcart (special friend, Melva Baker) of Oak Ridge; three sisters, Lena (Sam) Johnston of Millersville, Betty Joan Pickens of Jackson and Dorothy (Gerald) Rowland of Bonne Terre, Missouri; a half-brother, Troy Holifield of Charleston, Missouri; and a half-sister, Jerry (Charlie) Briggs of Redmond, Oregon.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Glen; a sister, Mary Loos; and a brother, John Cathcart.

Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.

The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Steve Sanders officiating. Interment will be in Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson.

Memorials may be made to Stroder Cemetery.

Sympathy messages may be sent to the family online at mccombsfuneralhome.com.