Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....MacPherson Hammond , Margery August 18 2004
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The Bakersfield Californian
Margery MacPherson Hammond

May 8, 1918 August 18, 2004 

A Funeral Mass will be held Tuesday, August 24, 10:00 a.m., at Skillin-Carroll 
Mortuary, in Fillmore, CA. Graveside to follow at Bardsdale Cemetery. Rev. Bob 
Hammond officiating.

Margery MacPherson was born May 8, 1918 in Ruyard, Montana and passed away 
August 18, 2004 in Hollister, California.

Margery MacPherson Hammond came to Ventura in 1926, where her family owned 
MacPhersons Grocery Stores, on the Avenue, and on Loma Linda. After graduating 
from Ventura High, Mom and her twin sister, Margaret, went to Woodbury 
Business College. She worked for RKO Studios as a secretary, and worked as a 
secretary in the District Office of the Richland School District in Shafter 
for a number of years. She was a past member of CSEA, Past President of the 
Kern Schools Secretarial Association, Fillmore Ebell, Eastern Star, Sunday 
School Teacher, St. Marks in Shafter, Trinity Church, in Fillmore, and at the 
time of her death a member of St. Augustines Anglican Church, in Hollister.

Marge was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 63 years H. Reg Hammond; 
son, Reginald G. Hammond; and sisters, Margaret Beekman and Dorothy Case. She 
is survived by her son, The Reverend Bob Hammond and wife, Lisa; 
grandchildren, Commander Michael J. Hammond, USN and wife, Pam and their 
children, Sean, Kyle, Jacob and Rachel, Thomas Hammond, Richard Hammond, 
Michael R. Hammond, Elizabeth Hammond, Laura Hammond and Matthew Hammond; 
brother-in-law, D. Murray Hammond and his wife, Muriel; sisters-in-law, Helen 
Biggers and her husband, Walt, Ruth Hammond and Eleanor Hammond; many nieces 
and nephews including Ventura county residents, Jim Beekman, Anne Burson, 
Susan Dollar, Pat Clapp, Ruth Hammond, Wallace Hammond, and wonderful, 
faithful friends, Jerry and Linda Edmonds.

Margery was truly a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, and fellow Christian. 
Memorial contributions may be made to Anglican Mission, Fillmore, in care of, 
St. Augustines Anglican Church, P.O. Box 1607, Hollister, CA 95024, Alzheimers 
Association.

Skillin-Carroll Mortuary

(805) 525-3391 


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