Margaret M. Conway — Rochester – Post

Margaret M. Conway
31 March 1910 — 1 April 2012

God does not germinate in sad souls;
He wants a heart that is free and happy.

~ Saint Mary Magdalen de’ Pazzi

The year Margaret Conway was born, Howard Taft was president, the average salary was $750 a year, life expectancy for women was 51, and the United States boasted 1,000 miles of paved roads. There were no Oreo cookies, no refrigerators, and no world wars. A pound of sugar was 5 cents, and Halley’s Comet flew so close by that the earth passed through its tail.

Margaret Mary Magdalene Conway’s formidable feminine character was prophetically evident on her birth certificate then gradually crafted by the rock solid farm family upbringing she received from her cherished parents, James and Mamie Olson in Kendall, Wis.

Her life on the farm was peopled with colorful aunts, uncles, cousins, neighbors, and extra hands. She fell in love with nature by being outside in it.