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Marguerite Abbel Hover Johnson, passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2003, while sitting in her favorite chair watching the Super Bowl with her daughter and son-in-law. Marguerite was a lifelong resident of Albuquerque. Her parents, George and August Fowler came here in 1898 from St. Louis. Her father was a brewmeister for So. Western Brewery until prohibition. He became chief engineer with ABQ Ice Co. She is survived by her daughter, Donna Lynn York and her husband, Michael of Albuquerque; nieces, Jeanette Eckart of Las Vegas, NV, Doreen Jordan of Foothill Ranch, CA and Leslie Vanderham of Jerome, ID; nephews, Harry Rouckus of Albuquerque, Craig Hover of Monrovia, CA and Hal Hover of CA. She attended the Fourth Ward Elementary, Washington Jr. High and Albuquerque High Schools where she was a member of the orchestra. She graduated with honors from UNM. She was a member of Phi Kappa Phi honorary scholastic fraternity, Theta Alpha Phi, honorary history fraternity, Past President Chi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma International Honorary Society, Phi Mu Social Sorority. She was a lifetime member of NEA and NMERA. She was a charter member of the natural History Museum and a member of the Tom L. Popejoy Society. Maugerite was a long-time active member of the Congregational Church where she was a past co-chairman of the Board of Deacons, on the Board of Trustees, and past President of the Women's Fellowship. Of all her activities, the ones that meant the most were those as a Brownie Scout Troop leader and sponsor of Job's Daughters Bethel #3. She taught in Albuquerque schools for more than 25 years including Albuquerque High School, Washington Jr. High and Kirtland, Wherry and Emerson Elementary Schools. She was an avid outdoors person who loved fishing, riding horseback on the mesa and camping. A memorial service will be held at Manzano del Sol Activity Room, 5201 Roma Avenue NE, Albuquerque, NM on February 17, 2003 at 10:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations be made to Manzano del Sol. Cremation arrangements by Sunrise society.
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