MARGARET EVERETT DESMOND, 95, PASSED ON IN WINCHESTER VIRGINIA, ON APRIL 25, 2013 AFTER A LONG ILLNESS WITH ALZHEIMERS. SHE WAS LOVINGLY CARED FOR BY HER DAUGHTER MARCIA DURING HER ILLNESS, AND SLOW DECLINE.

MARGARET, KNOWN TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS AS “MIMI”, PASSED PEACEFULLY. AFTER A LONG AND REMARKABLE LIFE AS MOTHER AND BUSINESS WOMAN IN WASHINGTON D.C. FOR MANY YEARS SHE RETIRED ONLY TO BEGIN A NEW CAREER WORKING FOR THE NATIONAL INST. OF HEALTH, IN THE GRANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION, RETIRING IN 1986. MIMI WAS KNOWN FOR HER SKILLS AS A DECORATOR, AND A GARDENER. SHE WAS A LIFE LONG MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, AS WELL AS THE PRESBYTERIAN FAITH. SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND, LEON C. DESMOND OF NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE. HER FATHER EVERETT STEELE, MOTHER MARGARET WARD STEELE, SISTERS LUCILE FAUCETTE, JEANETTE BELCHER, AND HER BROTHER PARKER WARD STEELE, ALL OF ALABAMA.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER FOUR CHILDREN, ANDREA ELIZABETH GRIGAS OF NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ALICE MARCIA GOBA OF BUNKER HILL, WEST VIRGINIA, JOHN STEELE DESMOND OF CHARLES TOWN, WEST VIRGINIA, AND JEANNETTE DESMOND MATTIS OF SKIPPACK, PENNSYLVANIA. MIMI HAD SIX GRANDCHILDREN, AND SEVEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

MIMI AND HER WONDERFUL SMILE WILL BE TRULY MISSED BY ALL THAT KNEW HER. MIMI WILL TRAVEL BACK HOME TO ALABAMA, WITH HER TWO ELDEST DAUGHTERS TO REST PEACEFULLY WITH HER MOTHER AND FATHER.THE FAMILYS REQUEST IS FOR NO FLOWERS. A GIFT TO THE NATIONAL ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION WOULD BE APPRECIATED. www.alz.org