Margaret K. Collette, 93, of Iowa Falls, Iowa, and formerly of Austintown, Ohio, passed away Saturday, April 27, 2013, at the Heritage Care Center, Iowa Falls. Funeral services for Margaret K. Collette will be 5:00 pm Sunday, May 5, 2013 at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home, 4303 Mahoning Avenue, Youngstown, Ohio, with the Reverends Herb Kenyon and William Bullen officiating. Private burial will be at the Lake Park Cemetery, Youngstown, Ohio. A time of visitation will be held from 3 to 5 pm also Sunday May 5th also at the funeral home. A visitation in Iowa Falls, Iowa will be held on Thursday, May 2, 2013, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the Linn's Funeral Home, 1521 Washington Avenue, Iowa Falls, Iowa. Memorials may be directed to the family c/o her daughter: Jaccie Kenyon 1612 River Street, Iowa Falls, Iowa 50126.

Margaret Kathryn Blythe was born January 4, 1920, at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Thomas Grant and Florence [Stafford] Blythe. She attended Pittsburg, Pennsylvania Community Schools. On December 2, 1941, Margaret was united in marriage to William Rue Collette in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Margaret was a cook and custodian for the Austintown Middle School of the Austinville Ohio Community Schools System. Margaret was a member of the Faith Chapel Open Bible Church in Youngstown, Ohio and the Church of the Open Bible, Iowa Falls, Iowa. Marge was a prayer warrior, loved to write, and send cards. Everyone loved her sense of humor, even the undertaker.

Margaret Collette is survived by her children: Marjorie Ann Bullen [Richard] of Austintown, Ohio, Jaccie Kenyon [Herb] of Iowa Falls, Iowa; a step son: Charles Collette [Sandy] of Dayton, Virginia. 10 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; 5 great-great grandchildren

She was preceded in death by her parents: Thomas and Florence Blythe; her husband William Collette; a step son: William Collette Jr.; 2 brothers: Thomas Blythe and James Blythe; a sister: Joan Pawlak; and 2 grandchildren: Richard Bullen, Jr. and Virginia Collette.