Marguerite Lucille Vandagriff

August 10, 1923 - August 27, 2020

Marguerite Vandagriff, 97, of Fort Dodge, passed away on Thursday, August 27, 2020, at Journeys Memory Care Neighborhood, Friendship Haven. Services will be held at a later date. Burial will be in the Forest Home Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. The Gunderson Funeral Home & Cremation Services are in charge of arrangements. Marguerite Lucille Morgan, the daughter of Alford and Ruby (Huston) Morgan, was born August 10, 1923 in Olds, Iowa. In March of 1947 Marguerite was united in marriage to Warren Vandagriff. After their marriage the couple made Iowa State University their home so Warren could attend school. They later moved to Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and later back to Iowa. Marguerite attended Iowa Wesleyan University for three years. She then graduated from Buena Vista College with a degree in education. Marguerite started her teaching career at the Manson High School in Manson. Marguerite taught high school English and speech for twenty years. She also directed many plays and musicals. After retiring from teaching, she and Warren moved to Columbia, Missouri where she spent several years as a Parish Visitor for a large down town Methodist church. She was also a Methodist Lay Speaker. Moving to Friendship Haven in 1999, was a new experience for both Warren and Marguerite. They joined the Trinity United Methodist Church where they were both active. She was a long time TRMC volunteer and a member of the Hospital Auxiliar3y Board. She often spoke as a lay pastor in several churches as well as Friendship Haven. Marguerite was a member of PEO chapter IM and a member of Alpha Xi Delta Sorority. She is survived her daughter, Karen Carlton of Waukon, Iowa and a son, David (G.G.) Vandagriff of Provo, Utah, daughter-in-law Jill Vandagriff; 6 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Marguerite was preceded in death by her parents, a son Bruce, grandson Brett Morgan, grandson Greg Vandagriff, sister Louise Vandagriff, brother-in-law Joseph Vandagriff, brother and sister-in-law F.B. and Elizabeth Quackenboss, and a son-in-law, Bob Carlton. In Lieu of Flowers memorials to the Good Samaritan Fund at Friendship Haven.