People

: Margaret (Ilk) Kovack; A member of the Fruita Union High School class of 1927.

: Margaret (Irvine) Snook; She was born in Kilmarnock, Scotland to James Irvine and Elizabeth (Murray) Irvine. She first came to the United States with her sister in 1910, when she was 20. Her sister’s husband was a miner in Raton, New Mexico, and the two sisters lived with him there for two years. Snook returned to Scotland in 1912. She could not stand the rain, and came back to the United States before World War I. She married Guy Snook, son of William and Clara Snook, founders of the Snooks Bottom homestead. They lived in Fruita for a time, where Guy ran the livery stable, then moved to Victor, and later to a ranch in New Mexico, where they stayed for five years. They moved to Craig, Colorado and then Axel, Colorado. There, Margaret sold eggs and milk to oil workers and miners, and the family lived in town, a situation she preferred because she liked to be around people. They later lived on Roan Creek, where they lived on a ranch with William Snook, then Fruitvale, where they farmed fruit for several years, and then to Palisade, where she and Guy ran a filling station. After Guy died of an unexpected illness in 1960, she moved to Fruita.

: Margaret (Purcell) Golden; Born in Colorado in 1899 and attended the Lowell, Hawthorne and Franklin Schools in Grand Junction. She went to college at the University of Colorado. She taught piano for two years and after marriage, she was a homemaker for thirty-nine years. Her mother was a German immigrant from Canada, and her father's parents were from Ireland.

: Margaret Angeline (Hargis) Stump; She was born to Chalmer and Mabel Hargis in Ovid, Colorado. The family moved to California shortly after her birth, but missed true winters and so returned to Colorado. Margaret grew up in the Fruitvale area of Mesa County. She attended the Fruitvale School and graduated from the Ross Business College. She became a bookkeeper for Up-To-Date Cleaners, a job she kept for 40 years. U.S. Census records from 1940 show her occupation as housekeeper. She was married in 1942 to James E. Stump, the County Assessor. Together they lived at 1435 White Avenue in Grand Junction. Church and family were the most important parts of her life. She joined the Pear Park Baptist Church in the 1920’s, and became a member of the First United Methodist Church in Grand Junction in the 1930’s. She was also a member of the Sunshine Order of the Eastern Star, the Social Order of Beauceant, and the treasurer of the local AARP. She volunteered as a receptionist at the Museums of Western Colorado.

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