BACHMAN-NEATHERY, Margaret

Today's News-Herald, Lake Havasu City, AZ - Posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - Margaret Bachmann-Neathery passed away April 20, 2013 in Lake Havasu City. Born Sept. 19, 1926, in Oxnard, Calif., to Llano and Della Gorden, the third sister of four. She grew up in central California. In 1944, she graduated from Lemoore High School, Calif. She met her first husband of 44 years in Lemoore where Warren Bachmann was stationed in the Army-Air Corps during WWII. They were married in Minnesota in 1947 and moved to Los Angeles in 1954. Unable to have children, Warren and Margaret adopted two sons, Gregory in 1956 and Wayne in 1962. Margaret worked as a phone operator in her California years. When Warren retired, Margaret did too! They moved to Lake Havasu in 1988. Following an illness with cancer, Warren died in 1991. Always a traveler, on a trip to Alaska, Margaret met a fellow widower and romance grew. In 1999, she married William Neathery. Bill passed away in 2009. Margaret suffered from Alzheimer’s disease, but tried not to let it get the best of her. She still attended DAR meetings and frequented the Havasu Senior Center several times a week. Margaret was preceded in death by her parents; husbands Warren and William; son, Wayne and three sisters, Eraila, Claudia and Barbara. She is survived by her son, Greg and wife Lori; grandson, Kristoffer; granddaughter, Ashley; her favorite cousin Elanor; several cousins, nieces and nephews, as well as many caregivers who provided care the last years of her life. A memorial service will be Thursday, April 25, at 10 a.m., Leitz Fraze Funeral Home; reception following at her home. Internment will be Saturday, 2 p.m., in Ventura, Calif. In lieu of flowers donations to Lake Havasu DAR or the Havasu Senior Center. Thoughts and condolences may be submitted to the family at www.lietz-frazefuneralhome.com. Arrangements were placed under the care of Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home and Crematory.