Margaret Jane Hitchings,79, of Charleston, died on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023 at Charleston Rehab and Health Care.
Visitation will be held from noon to 1 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 11, at Hough Funeral Home in Raymond with funeral services immediately following.
Burial will be at Asbury Cemetery in Raymond. Pastor Jon Magnuson will officiate. Hough Funeral Home in Raymond is assisting the family.
Ms. Hitchings was born Sept. 26, 1943 in Raymond.the daughter of Howard Glenn and Ruby Claire (Garard) Hitchings.
Margaret was of the Methodist Faith and had competed in the Special Olympics.
She is survived by her siblings, Howard G. Hitchings of Litchfield, Jim (Mary Ann) Hitchings of Raymond, John (Mary Sue) Hitchings of Bloomington, Norma Vanvalkenburg of Springfield and Virginia Holliday of Jacksonville; and many nieces and nephews.
Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her brother, Lester Hitchings, sisters; Dorothy Fraley, Luella Wolf, and Mary Catherine Jaeger.
Memorials may be given to the Illinois Special Olympics Foundation.
Condolences to the family may be left at www.houghfuneralhome.com
