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Mrs. Marita Hawley Travelstead died on January 26, 1999 at an Albuquerque nursing home after a long illness. Born on January 28, 1912 in Beamsville, Ontario, she lived most of her early life in Ludington, Michigan. Mrs. Travelstead graduated from Western Kentucky Teachers College in 1934, and for the next few years was a music and kindergarten teacher in Michigan and Kentucky schools. She and her husband, Chester Travelstead of Albuquerque, were married in 1936. They and their two sons, Coleman and Jimmie lived in Kentucky, Georgia and South Carolina before moving to Albuquerque in 1956. Mrs. Travelstead was an active member of the faculty wives' group at the University of New Mexico, where her husband held several administrative positions until he retired in 1977. In the early 1960s, she was the volunteer leader of the Candystripers, a volunteer group of teenagers at Presbyterian Hospital. Among the other community groups in which she was an active member were Friends of the U.N.M. Library; the League of Women Voters, the board of the Rio Grande Planned Parenthood; and the General Board of Monte Vista Christian Church. She was also the volunteer librarian at the U.S. Veterans Hospital in Albuquerque. And for 21 years before her retirement in 1992 she delivered meals to Albuquerque residents for the Meals on Wheels Program. She is survived by her sister, Mrs. Katherine Miller of Ludington, MI; her husband, Chester Travelstead of Albuquerque; two sons, Coleman Travelstead and his wife, Brookes McIntyre of Coral Gables, FL and Jimmie Travelstead and his wife, Dawn Braun of Santa Fe; and her two grandchildren, Monique Travelstead of Alexandria, VA and Theodore Travelstead of New York City. Graveside burial services will be held at the family lot in the cemetery at Franklin, Kentuckyon Friday, 1:00 p.m. A memorial service will be held at Monte Vista Christian Church, 3501 Campus Blvd. NE, at a date to be announced later. The family requests that donations be made to the Salvation Army instead of sending flowers for the funeral.
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