Obituary

Margaret Fullard, 28/10/1929-16/6/2005

Margaret was conscientious about everything. She was a sincere TDHS member who diligently went about her task of recording our guest speaker talks for publication in our quarterly bulletin. She was a ready assistant at working bees and a lateral thinker in her role as a committee member. Margaret even recruited her husband, Geoff, as the mechanic of the TDHS Oldsmobile. Whenever it went on display she would be there with Geoff, ensuring the ‘Olds’ was well presented and that its accompanying information was properly displayed for the public.

 

Margaret was born at Warncoort, near Colac. Sadly her mother passed away when Margaret was eight years old, soon after the birth of her younger sister. Her father died when she was 17 years old, leaving Margaret, her twin sister and an older and younger brother.

A couple of years after shifting to the Latrobe Valley to teach at Yallourn, Margaret met Geoff. They married three years later, in 1956, and had three children, Keith, Janet and Alan, each of whom now have two children of their own.

In her earlier years Margaret was involved in women’s refuge, mothers clubs and school committees, and at one stage took ‘Quit Smoking’ courses for various organisations all over Gippsland. In more recent times she was a member of the TDHS, the ‘Friends of the Library’ group, book clubs and walking groups. She enjoyed life and was a very social and community-minded person. After Geoff retired, over a 15 year period, they travelled the length and breadth of Australia by caravan.

Because of her natural warmth and genuine interest in people, Margaret became a good friend of everyone with whom she came into contact; she will be sadly missed. Members of the Society offer their condolences to Geoff and family.

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In Life’s Garden

Count your garden by the flowers
Never by the leaves that fall.
Count your days by golden hours,
Don’t remember clouds at all.
Count your nights by stars, not shadows,
Count your life with smiles, not tears.
And with joy, through all your lifetime,
Count your age by friends, not years!

Anonymous (submitted by Jim Hood)

This article was published in the September 2005 Bulletin