Margaret Mary Hart died December 4, 2011, under hospice care at the home of her daughter, Martha, and son-in-law, Steve Golay, in Jamestown, California. Margaret celebrated her 90th birthday in the summer of this year. She was born in Detroit, Michigan, on July 24, 1921, the eldest of three children of parents, Alexander and Claudina Watt, who emigrated from Scotland to the United States in 1914 and 1919 respectively. Margaret attended Cooley High School in Detroit, graduating with honors. After high school, she worked in retail clothing and secretarial jobs as well as in assignments that supported the war effort. She was married on July 3, 1942, to Dick Edward Hart, raised four children, Barbara, Richard, Martha and Donald, then welcomed 11 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Margaret was elegant, poised, fashionable and caring. She was a sweet spirit, gentle and kind. She helped to keep family and friends together by her active interest in the details of their lives. As an avid reader, she could always share an engaging insight from a book she had just read. Traveling extensively around the world from Taiwan to Tehran, from Russia to Sudan, she was an able companion for her husband, Dick, who worked on international hydro-electric projects with Detroit Edison and Bechtel Corporation. She welcomed international fellows at Detroit Edison into her family's life, offering delightful cuisine at Sunday dinners and gaining cultural exposure through enduring friendships with many of the families from abroad. Throughout her life, she developed supportive bonds with many missionaries by her hospitality and generous contributions to their work. She was a fluent letter-writer and kept in correspondence by hand-written letters, and more recently on the internet, with missionaries, friends and family around the world. Margaret encouraged her children to visit onsite with missionary friends across the globe and often shared priceless stories that enriched the global vision of her children and grandchildren. Margaret's life was marked by a wonderful ability to express an interest in the needs of those she met. Her gentle, caring nature prompted her to be active in youth work, particularly in teaching Sunday School and volunteering at Pioneer Girls' camps and club meetings. As an active member of Strathmoor Judson Baptist church on Puritan and Hubbell in Detroit, she regularly provided hospitality for events in the home. Her piano accompaniment was welcomed at in-home hymn sings and at all of the churches she and Dick attended at home and abroad. Margaret lived with a strong faith in the One she knew as Savior and LordJesus Christ. While her family grieves her loss, we rejoice in the hope of the resurrection, and that one day we will be reunited with this wonderful woman whom we call mother, grandmother, aunt and friend. Margaret was preceded in death by her husband, Dick, who died December 20, 1994, her brother, Ronald, and sister, Gladys. Visitation will be December 16, 2011, from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. at the Howe-Peterson Funeral Home, 22546 Michigan Avenue in Dearborn, Michigan 313 561-1500. The funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. on December 17, 2011, at Dearborn Covenant Church, 18575 W. Outer Drive in Dearborn. 313 701-8700. Following the service, interment will be at Glen Eden Lutheran Memorial Park, 35667 W. 8 Mile Road in Livonia. Luncheon to follow at Dearborn Covenant Church. Memorial Gifts Gifts in memory of Margaret can be made to Habitat for Humanity and to the Program for Theological Education by Extension (PTEE). For Habitat: Go to www.habitat.org and click on donate. This will take you to the donation page and you can fill in the form and click to indicate that you want to give this gift in honor of Margaret. For PTEE: For gifts by check Please make your check payable to WorldVenture and send it to WorldVenture, 1501 West Mineral Avenue, PTEE Jordan Assistance, Special Project 6418-904, Littleton, Colorado, 80120-5612. Please add a note saying the gift is for the PTEE-Jordan Special Project in memory of Margaret M. Hart. WorldVenture Telephone is 720-283-2000. Thank You. For gifts by Credit Card: Please go to www.ptee.org Scroll down the page and choose English, Then choose Giving. Scroll down the page to find Credit Card Giving. Double click on the WorldVenture link. On the next page choose Make a Donation. Scroll down the page to Project Giving. Write in the amount you wish to give to Theological Education-Jordan. In the memo box please write PTEE Jordan Special Project 904, Margaret Hart Memorial. Then, next to the amount you are giving click Add. Provide the credit card information requested. After you give, WorldVenture will provide an online receipt. WorldVenture will send your gift to the PTEE in Jordan. Thank You.