Maggie Radcliffe

Marguerite Evelyn “Maggie” Radcliffe died on March 12. 

She was born in Winamac, on July 3, 1921. She was the daughter of Ray and Gladys (Shaw) Harpster. She attended high school at Pulaski High School in Pulaski. She received a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University in 1943. She was married to Byron Mason Radcliffe on Jan. 26, 1943, in Miami, Florida, while he was serving as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Marine Corps during World War II.

Maggie was a librarian at Lansing, Michigan, and at Lincoln, Nebraska, public school systems. She moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1966, and then to Chadron, Nebraska, in 1979. While at Chadron she was a member of the Saddle Club, the P.E.O. and the Red Hat Society. She also served on the boards of the Dawes County Museum, the Chadron Arts Center and the Chadron Chamber of Commerce. She was named Citizen of the Year by the chamber in 1996 on her 75th birthday. She was also president of the Chadron Friends of the Library. She was a long-time member of the Chadron Cultural Club.

Maggie will be remembered as a loving and kind person and for her great love of animals. 

She is survived by her sons: Ray Stephen Radcliffe and Gregory S. Radcliffe; grandchildren: Weston Radcliffe, Hamilton Radcliffe, Danielle Dowling, Shannon Radcliffe and Ginger Erickson; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Any donations to remember Maggie should be made to the Chadron Arts Center or the Dawes County Museum. Donations may be sent to Chamberlain Chapel, PO Box 970, Chadron, NE 69337.

Private family services for Marguerite “Maggie” Radcliffe will be held at a later date.

Online condolences can be made at www.chamberlainchapel.com. 

(Pulaski County Journal — March 22, 2017)