Mount Vernon Register-News, Mt. Vernon, IL Obituaries Posted: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 6:00 am Margaret Ruth Morgan, 75, of Maryland Heights, Mo. and formerly of Mt. Vernon, died 6:45 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014, at Parkwood Nursing Home in Maryland Heights, Mo. She was born Thursday, Nov. 24, 1938, in Belle Rive, the daughter of Charles Fredrick and Lucy Elizabeth (McFarland) Grothoff. She married Clyde Morgan on June 24, 1967, in Mt. Vernon and he preceded her in death on May 19, 1985. Margaret worked in the cleaning and maintenance department of Jeffersonian Nursing Home in Mt. Vernon and was of the Baptist faith. She loved the companionship of her three dogs. She is survived by companion, Roy Buckner of Maryland Heights, Mo.; son, Raymond F. Tolley and wife Susan of New Berlin; granddaughter, Kimberly Marie Tolley and husband Justin Bateman of Spring, Texas; great-grandson, Taylor of Spring, Texas; brothers, Charles Curtis and wife Wilma of Bonnie and Clarence Edward Grothoff and wife Linda of Mt. Vernon; sister, Mille Zirkelbach of Belle Rive; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; an infant sister, Joyce; a brother-in-law, Jim Zirkelbach; and one nephew, Colby Grothoff. Graveside service will be held at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Grothoff Cemetery near Belle Rive in Jefferson County with the Rev. Merle Fullerton officiating. Interment will be at Grothoff Cemetery in Jefferson County. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday at Hughey Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon. For those who wish, memorials may be given to Grothoff Cemetery and will be accepted at the funeral home or mailed to Hughey Funeral Home, P.O. Box 721, Mt. Vernon, IL 62864. Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Hughey Funeral Home where you may call 242-3348 or visit www.hugheyfh.com for further information and to send condolences.