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Frances Margaret Close

September 29, 1912 — April 4, 2012

Services will be held 11 AM Monday at the Lane Family Funeral Homes Austintown Chapel for Frances Margaret Close, 99, of Youngstown who passed away Wednesday afternoon in St. Elizabeth Medical Center Boardman Campus. Margaret, as she was known, was born September 29, 1912 in La Plum, PA, the daughter, Howard and Maude (Dudley) Slocum. She was a homemaker, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great-great grandmother. Margaret had worked as a cashier Strouss Department Store. She was a charter member of Westside Baptist Church, and its Leisure Timers group. Her husband, Willis Close, whom she married in 1931, passed away August 22, 1988. Margaret leaves two children, Judith Dahler with whom she made her home, and Thomas C. (Suzanne) Close of Austintown, eight grandchildren, David (Sherry) Close, Joyce Heldreth, Susan (Kevin)Sheely, Melissa (Daniel) Dean, W. Courtney (Lynn) Dahler, Jonathan (Jenette) Dahler, Brian (Lori) Miller, and Kimberley Close, as well as 19 great grandchildren, and 4 great-great grandchildren. Besides her parents and her husband, Margaret was preceded in death by two sons, Howard and Arthur W. Close, and one daughter, Ann Miller. Friends may call from 10 am until 11 am Monday at the funeral home where services will begin at 11 am.

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Visitation

Monday, April 9, 2012

10:00 - 11:00 am (Eastern time)

Lane Funeral Home Austintown Chapel

5797 Mahoning Avenue, Youngstown, OH 44515

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Monday, April 9, 2012

Starts at 11:00 am (Eastern time)

Lane Funeral Home Austintown Chapel

5797 Mahoning Avenue, Youngstown, OH 44515

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Monday, April 9, 2012

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