Margaret Hoover Brigham of West Chester

Margaret
Hoover Brigham, 84, of West Chester, died Monday, Feb. 14, at home. She was the
wife of Richard T. Brigham.

Born
in Boston, Mass., she was the daughter of the late Herbert Hoover, Jr. and the
late Margaret Watson Hoover. Margaret was the oldest grandchild of President
Herbert Hoover. She grew up in San Marino and Sierra Madre, Calif. and had lived
in West Chester since 1957.

Margaret
earned a BA from Wellesley College in Massachusetts. She loved to play the
piano and was a member of the Birmingham Friends Meeting in West Chester, where
she was a soloist at the Christmas Sing for many years. Margaret also sang with
the Greenlea Chorale and was a former member of the choir of Church of the
Advent in Kennett Square.

She
was a Radio Ham and briefly served on the Board of Directors of the Chester
County Library, former advisory board member of Good Fellowship Ambulance
Company and was the founder of the Chester County Emergency Services before the
County took it over. Margaret raised and raced thoroughbred horses for the past
40 years.

In
addition to her husband, she is survived by her daughter, Katharine S. Brigham
of West Chester; daughter Ann Thomas of Louisville, Ky.; son, Robert Brigham of
Santa Monica, Calif.; daughter, Deborah Wray of Charlottsville, Va.; son,
Douglas Brigham of Erwinna, Pa.; three grandsons, Stephen, Matthew and Nathan
and her great-granddaughter, Samantha. She was preceded in death by her
brother, Herbert "Pete" Hoover III and sister, Joan Vowles.

Relatives
and friends are invited to her memorial service, 1 p.m., Saturday, March 5, at
the Birmingham Friends Meeting, 1745 Birmingham Rd., West Chester. Interment
will be private.

In
lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the New Bolton Center, 382 W.
Street Rd., Kennett Square, PA 19348 and/or Neighborhood Hospice, 795 E
Marshall St., Suite #204, West Chester, PA 19380.

Arrangements
by DellaVecchia, Reilly, Smith & Boyd Funeral Home Inc., West Chester
610-696-1181, www.DellaFH.com

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  1. brandywinebard

    What I will remember about Peggy is her incredible contralto singing voice.

    As a vocal student of Emil Markow’s at WCSU for over 6 years, I would sit at the carol sing at Birmingham Friends Meeting in breathless awe, wrapped in the warmth of a rare and enviable voice. Her “vocal” talents continued as she manned the radio communication center at the big second-story picture window in back of the Barn during Chadds Ford Days, over-seeing all and making sure everything ran smoothly.

    A grand lady – a sad loss.

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