Margaret "Margie" A. Lonas

April 17, 1925 - October 26, 2018

Margaret A. Lonas (“Margie”), 93, passed into the loving arms of Jesus her Savior on October 26, 2018, in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Margie invited Jesus into her heart and life at the age of 12 and walked with Him by faith for 81 years. A West Virginia native, Margie was a graduate of Grafton High School (1943), the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City (1946), and Gordon College of Theology and Mission in Boston, Massachusetts (1953), where she met her husband, Fred. Following their marriage in August of 1953, Fred and Margie welcomed daughters Anna and Jennifer into their family in 1958 and 1962. Fred and Margie served as missionaries with Latin America Mission in Costa Rica (1960–64) and in various other church and lay ministries over the years. Before her retirement in 1987, Margie worked as a nursing assistant at Loudoun Memorial Hospital in Leesburg, Virginia. In 1990, Fred and Margie moved to the Shenandoah Valley, where they enjoyed their retirement years. After Fred’s homegoing in 2001, Margie continued living in Edinburg until 2015, when she moved to Brookdale assisted living in Harrisonburg. Margie is survived by her sisters, Sylvia and Sandy; her daughters, Anna and Jennifer; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. A graveside service celebrating Margie’s life, faith, and homegoing will take place at Hudsons Cross Roads Community Cemetery in Mount Jackson, Virginia, on November 7, 2018, at 11:00 a.m.