Margurite Karg

MARGARET KARG Click here to view Margaret's Video Tribute IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Margaret Karg died on June 27, 2009, at the Idaho Falls Care and Rehabilitation Center, where she had been a resident for 10 years. She was 100 years old. Her maiden name was Margurite Maria McCarty. She was born on November 30, 1908, at Woodland, Washington. Her parents were Riley and Addie (Chandler) McCarty. Her family ran a livery stable and her dad worked in the mill in Cornucopia, Oregon (currently a gold mining ghost town). The first winter in Cornucopia their family lived in two tents until houses were built. Her dad called her Pat. He died of pneumonia when she was 10 years old. She was the third of four children. She had a happy childhood that included sledding, fishing, long horseback rides to church, and 12-mile holiday trips to her grandfather’s house in a horse-drawn sleigh (heated rocks were used to keep them warm during the trip). When she was ready to enter the fourth grade, her family moved to Baker, Oregon. She graduated from Baker high school in 1927. On August 4, 1928, she married Otto Frank Karg in Baker, Oregon. They were married for 72 years. Margaret and Otto began their marriage during the great depression; Otto was fortunate to have a job on the Baker fire department. The happiest period of Margaret's life was when she was raising her son, William (Bill) Franklin Karg. He was born in Baker in 1929. Margaret was a wonderful wife, mother, and homemaker. She enjoyed reading, playing bridge, getting together with friends, participating in a women’s study group, camping, hunting trips, and crocheting. One day when Bill was about seven years old, while Margaret and Bill were coloring Easter eggs, they had a fire upstairs in their house. She called Otto at the fire department to report the fire. He said “Will you repeat that?” because he didn’t recognize her voice or his own home address. She told him, “Come home. Your house is on fire!” Margaret and Otto moved to Idaho Falls in May, 1950, when Otto accepted the position of fire chief, to organize the fire department for the Atomic Energy Commission at the National Reactor Testing Station (now the Idaho National Laboratory). Bill followed them to Idaho Falls and established an optometry practice. Otto passed away August 9, 2000. Margaret attended the Christian church in her younger years and believed in Jesus. Margaret was preceded in death by her parents; one brother; two sisters; her husband, Otto; her son, Bill; a great grandson, Jake Boyle; and a great-great granddaughter, Aderah Karg. She has one son, five grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, and 10 great-great grandchildren. Joint Memorial Services for Margaret and Otto Karg will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 3, 2009, at Wood Funeral Home, 273 North Ridge Avenue, Idaho Falls. The family will visit with friends following the services. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. ---------------------------------------------------- Condolences received online: