- Date Of Birth: August 29, 1928
- Date Of Death: February 20, 2013
- State: Indiana
Marguerite “Margo” (Weber) Calvert, 84, passed peacefully back to the Lord on Feb. 20, 2013, at Elkhart General Hospital following a brief illness.
She was born Aug. 29, 1928, in Chicago to Harvey H. and M. Loretta (Lynch) Weber.
Margo is survived by her husband of 60 years, John E. Calvert of Elkhart, with whom she had recently relocated back to Elkhart following their 9-year hiatus as full-time residents of Sierra Vista, Ariz. She is also survived by son John R. Calvert and daughter Mary M. Calvert, both of Elkhart; daughter Catherine A. “Cathy” (Clyde) Prestly of Cassopolis, Mich.; along with a combined seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by son James E. Calvert of Elkhart, April, 2012.
Margo was a 1950 graduate of Northwestern University where she was a member of Kappa Delta sorority and where she met her then-future husband, John. They were married in 1952, moved to Virginia and South Carolina for the term of John’s active duty service in the U.S. Navy and resettled to his home town of Elkhart in 1955.
Beginning in 1958 following the births of her first two children, Margo joined in pioneering the start-up and development of the Elkhart County Association for the Retarded (ECAR), which subsequently evolved into Aux Chandelle and ultimately the present-day Association for the Disabled of Elkhart County (ADEC). After 35 years of service in various capacities, Margo retired from ADEC in 1993. Margo’s life of community service included her part in the formation and growth of the Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies Coalition. She served for eight years as a member of the Elkhart County Board of Health and for multiple terms on the Osolo Township Board. She was a past-president of Heart City Kiwanis and a member of Tri Kappa.
Remembrances of Margo as expressed by family and friends reflect upon her as always trying to see and evoke the best in people and providing her encouragement and active support to the people and causes she held dear. Left as her fingerprints on our community and beyond are the many “Margo’s Kids,” special-needs children, now adults, upon whom she and ADEC have had a profoundly positive influence.
Margo was the beloved and respected matriarch of her extended clan, for whom she was the keeper of family history and lore. She maintained a lifelong fascination and curiosity in the beauty of everyday life. She led a life reflective of her Catholic faith. She was always loving and ever forgiving. She knew how to have fun and how to be fun.
Among husband John’s most fond recollections are those of him and Margo, his best friend and most-loved and loving companion, aboard ship, sharing sunsets and martinis over the span of their many Caribbean sailing trips together.
Heaven has rung its bell to call Margo home. Those whom she has touched remain grateful for her life, her love and the beauty of her being.
