Margaret "Maggie" Joseph

Margaret "Maggie" Joseph March 21, 1918 - January 8, 2015 Margaret "Maggie" Joseph, 96, of Gainesville, GA died Thursday, January 8, 2015 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. She was a resident of Lanier Village Estates. Maggie was born in Carthage, SD to parents Edna Gilbertson and Floyd Allison Moore. She grew up in Evanston, IL, graduating from Evanston Township High School. She attended Northwestern University and worked as an Executive Secretary at Montgomery Ward in Chicago. Maggie married Charles Norman Joseph on May 25, 1946. Her husband was an officer in the US Army. Maggie served on boards of several Army Wives' Clubs and was a Gray Lady in Army Hospitals. Over the course of her life Maggie lived in many places, including Chicago, IL (Ft. Sheridan); Frankfort, Germany; Augusta, GA (Ft. Gordon); Japan (three locations); Fayetteville, NC (Ft. Bragg); Brookline, MA; Atlanta, GA (Ft. McPherson); Marietta, GA; Destin, FL; Peachtree City, GA; and Gainesville, GA, where on June 1, 2005 she came to live at Lanier Village Estates. In her years living in the greater Atlanta area Maggie was a successful Real Estate Broker, working with Tidwell Realty and Harry Norman Realtors. Maggie was a member of the Million Dollar Council of the Atlanta Board of Realtors. Maggie was a golfer and a bowler. She was an avid Atlanta Braves fan from the 1960s. At Lanier Village she served on the Landscape Committee and the OakBridge Terrace Culinary Committee. She loved watching golf on television (in addition to Braves games). She was an excellent bridge-player and she liked playing Mahjong, too. She enjoyed reading and swimming, participated in water aerobics, and went on many interesting trips through the Village. Another avocation was shopping: she loved getting things on sale! Personal appearance was very important to Maggie, who always looked attractive. She was competitive, clear-minded and computer-literate to the end. She remembered things and wasn't one to forget. Education was important to Maggie, who made sure her daughters got a good education. (All three have Masters degrees.) She had remarkably good penmanship. She was strong-willed, graciously opinionated and independently-minded. These were strengths of character that blessed her with longevity and quality of life. Her daughters say that among Maggie's happiest years were the 9½ years she lived at Lanier Village Estates. She finished well. Maggie was preceded in death by her parents, her infant son, Charles Jr., and her husband, Charles Norman Joseph. She is survived by her sister, Marjorie Peterson; her three daughters, Suzanne Osborn (Norman) of Sonora, CA, Peggy Acord of Summerville, SC, and Nancy Lownds (Steven) of Dallas, TX; her six grandchildren, Bryce Osborn (Amy), Evan Osborn (Michelle), Christopher Acord, Brian Acord (Ashley), Brandon Lownds, and Austin Lownds; and her three great-grandchildren, Nicholas Acord, Olivia Osborn and Konrad Osborn. A Memorial Service celebrating Maggie's life will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, January 10, 2015 in the McGill-Scarbrough Memorial Chapel of Lanier Village Estates. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Northeast Georgia Medical Center Hospice Unit in memory of Margaret M. Joseph.