Margot Atwood

Margot Atwood, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, at the Lutheran Home.

She was born Dec. 21, 1920, in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, to Nicholas Bernard and Cecelia Gertrude Topf Theobald. She and William H. Atwood were married Aug. 19, 1944, at Chicago. He died Nov. 8, 1984.

Margot attended Briarcliff College in Sioux City, Iowa, and graduated from St. Mary's College of Nursing in Rochester, Minn., with a nursing degree. In November 1977, she and her family moved to Cape Girardeau from Marble Hill, Mo. She worked at Southeast Missouri Hospital 14 years until 1987 as a pediatric nurse. She then worked for the VNA until 1995, at which time she retired. She was a member of St. Mary Cathedral, Legion of Mary, and was active in Cursillo.

Survivors include six sons, William Atwood of Mechanicsburg, Ill., Jim Atwood of Cape Girardeau, Richard Atwood of Petersburg, Ill., Thomas Atwood of Farmington, Mo., Chuck Atwood of Palmdale, Calif., and Vernon Atwood of La Palma, Calif.; five daughters, Elizabeth Gailey of Chattanooga, Tenn., Barbara Blazek of Hermosa Beach, Calif., Nancy Newman of Fort Mill, S.C., Janie Cox of Cape Girardeau and Lenda Birnell of Poplar Bluff, Mo.; a brother, Richard J. Theobald of Anthon, Iowa; a sister, Alice Galvin of Sioux City; 23 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; a son, John Atwood; two brothers, the Rev. Vincent Theobald, SVD, and Jerry Theobald; and a sister, Berenice Crabbe.

A rosary will be said at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Cathedral. A memorial Mass will follow at 10 a.m. at St. Mary's Cathedral, with the Rev. Tom Kiefer officiating.

Memorial contributions may be given to Birthright.

Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences may be made at www.fordandsonsfuneralhome.com.