Margaret Helen Blevins Wylde
February 6, 1919 — August 2, 2010
Margaret Helen Blevins Wylde
Margaret Helen Blevins Wylde, 91, of Kingsport, died Monday, August 2, 2010. She was born on February 6, 1919, to Jesse J. and Marie Blevins in Manhattan, Kansas.
Margaret graduated from Kansas State College, Manhattan, in 1940, with a B.S. degree in Industrial Chemistry. She was employed as a research chemist at the University of Missouri, and later as control laboratory manager at manufacturing chemists Baird and McGuire, in St. Louis. She taught high school math and science for many years in New Bloomfield, MO, Lynn, MO, and Jefferson City, MO.
She was a 30-year member of Guthrie Service Club, Guthrie, MO, and was a 20-year secretary for the New Bloomfield Rural Fire Association.
She is survived by her husband of 68 years, Rodney Wylde; two sons, Richard Wylde and wife, Cecilia, of New Bloomfield, MO, and Edward Wylde and wife, Donna, of Lexington, NC; two daughters, Elizabeth Wylde Boyle and husband, Greg, of Willow Springs, MO, and Mary Wylde Fabick and husband, Doug, of Kingsport; ten grandchildren; and two great-grandsons.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Preston Hills Presbyterian Church, 4701 Orebank Road, Kingsport, TN 37664.
Margaret graduated from Kansas State College, Manhattan, in 1940, with a B.S. degree in Industrial Chemistry. She was employed as a research chemist at the University of Missouri, and later as control laboratory manager at manufacturing chemists Baird and McGuire, in St. Louis. She taught high school math and science for many years in New Bloomfield, MO, Lynn, MO, and Jefferson City, MO.
She was a 30-year member of Guthrie Service Club, Guthrie, MO, and was a 20-year secretary for the New Bloomfield Rural Fire Association.
She is survived by her husband of 68 years, Rodney Wylde; two sons, Richard Wylde and wife, Cecilia, of New Bloomfield, MO, and Edward Wylde and wife, Donna, of Lexington, NC; two daughters, Elizabeth Wylde Boyle and husband, Greg, of Willow Springs, MO, and Mary Wylde Fabick and husband, Doug, of Kingsport; ten grandchildren; and two great-grandsons.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Preston Hills Presbyterian Church, 4701 Orebank Road, Kingsport, TN 37664.
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