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Obituary: Margaret Beer Estell |
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Margaret Ann Beer (Margey) Estell Formerly of San Mateo, died September
10 under hospice care at Silverado Center of Belmont, CA, after a long
battle with Pick's Disease. She was born July 6th, 1951 to Charles and
Elma Beer of Larned, KS. The family moved to Las Cruces, NM, in 1957.
In Las Cruces, Margey graduated from Mayfield High School and New
Mexico State University, with a B.S. in education. She loved music,
education, art and mathematics. She was an accomplished clarinetist and
vocalist, and earned a music scholarship to NMSU. She married David
Estell in 1970, and they attended graduate school at Purdue University
in Lafayette, IN. There she studied computer programming, and was hired
as a programmer analyst for the University in the early 1970s, where
she wrote an early relational data base program that is still used by
several universities. In 1978, she moved to the San Francisco Bay Area,
and worked as a senior programmer / analyst for Four Phase Systems (now
Motorola) and Lockheed. The couple's two children, Amanda and William,
were born at Stanford Hospital. After William was born, Margey devoted
her time to the children and the Belmont School District. She
volunteered at Nesbitt Elementary and Ralston Middle School, and was
president of the Nesbitt PTA from 1992-1994. In 1995 she was elected to
the Belmont School District Board of Trustees, and she served until
1999. During this time, she was also an active member of Hillsdale
United Methodist Church, serving as officer in several organizations,
and as a member of the choir. A Memorial Service will be held on
Thursday, September 18, at 4:00 PM, at Hillsdale United Methodist
Church, 303 36th Ave, San Mateo, CA 94403. Donations can be made to the
Margey Estell Memorial Fund at Hillsdale United Methodist Church. www.crippenflynn.com
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