Margaret Louise Gehm, 79, 11317 Bobwhite Lane, St. Marys, and formerly of Rockford, died at 3 p.m. Nov. 24, 2009, at Joint Township Memorial Hospital, St. Marys.

She was born July 11, 1930, in Willshire to Kermit and Irene Spitler Bienz. On Sept. 4, 1948, she married Melville Gehm, who survives.

Other survivors are three daughters, Linda (Jerry) Duff, Dayton, Ronda (Bob) Klosterman, St. Marys, and Carol Gehm, Aurora, Colo.; a brother, Walter Eugene (Patricia) Bienz, Washington Court House; a sister, Donna (Jim) Greene, Pensacola, Fla.; three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; four stepgreat-grandchildren; and one stepgreat-great-grandchild.

Deceased is a grandson.

She retired from CTS of Berne, Ind., and was a 1948 graduate of Willshire High School. She was a member of the Chat United Methodist Church and a former member of the Eastern Star, Rockford.

Services are 10:30 a.m. today at Cisco Funeral Home, Celina, the Rev. Steve Oliver officiating. Burial is at St. Paul's United Church of Christ Cemetery, Rockford.

Calling was 4-7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Contributions can be made to the church or Grand Lake Hospice.

Condolences may be left at www.ciscofuneralhome.com.