Margaret Ellen Erwin

Bradford VT-Margaret Ellen Erwin, 90 of Bradford went home to be with the Lord Thursday morning September 16th 2021. She was born in Vero Beach, FL on July 23, 1931 the daughter of Rufus and Mattie Bell (Calhoun) Coleman. She graduated from Vero Beach High School. While living in Vero Beach she worked as a sales clerk and a waitress. She attended the First Church of God in Vero Beach. On July 25, 1959 she married Wayne Albert Erwin at the Congregational Church in Bradford and moved to Vermont. Together they built a home in Bradford on part of the Erwin farmstead and raised their family. Margaret loved gardening, sewing, reading and cooking for her family and frequent guests. She was a songwriter and music was dear to her heart. She also loved the church and especially teaching children about Jesus. She attended the Bradford Evangelical Free Church and the Corinth Bible Church. Her life was dedicated to serving God, family and others. She was part of the Pre=school Mother’s Club which helped start the first Kindergarten in Bradford. Margaret was predeceased by her parents her brother and his wife Albert and Betty-Jo Coleman, her sister and her husband Marcella and Russell Cappelen, her sister and her husband Patricia and Donald Mangum, her sister in-law and husband Ellen and Daniel Aremburg, her sister in-law Elizabeth Erwin, her brother in-law Bernard Thurston, her step-son David Thurston and her son Michael Erwin with whom she is now reunited. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, two children, James Erwin of Bradford, VT and Lynda Lane and husband Edward of Vershire, VT; four grandchildren, Lacey (Erwin) and husband John Toner of St. Petersburg, FL, Jenna (Erwin) and husband Carl Plastic of Lutz, FL Kaelea Monahan of Enfield, NH and Cody Erwin of West Fairlee, VT; two step-grandsons Daniel and Davis Thurston and their families; two great -granddaughters, Piper (5) and Lilia (4mos); sister in -law Lois Paige of Thetford, VT, brother in-law Dale Erwin of Thetford, VT, brother in law and wife David and June Erwin of Greenville TN, sister in-law Edith Thurston of Newbury, VT and many nieces and nephews. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, October 2nd, at 11:00 at the Corinth Bible Church followed by a meal together. Dishes to share would be welcome. Hale Funeral Home is honored to have cared for Margaret. To plant Memorial Trees in memory of Margaret Ellen Erwin, please click here to visit our Sympathy Store.

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Margaret Ellen Erwin

July 23, 1931 - September 16, 2021