Clearing Clearing Most recently, Margaret has been enduring breast cancer and the aftermath of a cerebellar stroke earlier this year. The optimistic Margaret cheerfully declares, “This is the best that I’ve felt, and I want to give a boost to the stroke unit in our local hospital -- one of six in Ontario accepting stroke victims.” Scaffolding Tough Jobs Made Easier Tough Jobs Made Easier Tragically, Margaret’s first husband passed away from sleep apnea. She would later marry a farmer from Dexter, which Margaret connects to her involvement with a church located in Oldhamstocks Village during her time in Mrs. Grieve’s care: “There are ministers in the records of this old church going back a couple of centuries, including ‘Hepburn’. The Hepburn Coat of Arms is in cement on the original church that I went to, with connections to Mitchell Herpburn’s locally-owned ‘Bannockburn Farms’. I’d been away from that village for 20 years, and I end up living with my second husband within walking distance of where the minister’s family came from. Coincidences happen, but are they coincidences?”
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