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Margaret Trent Obituary

Graduation Year Class of 1961
Date of Passing Sep 10, 2007
About Margaret A. Trent Vaux, 64, of Mentor, Ohio, formerly of Stallard, passed away Monday (Sept. 10, 2007) at her residence.

She was born in Coeburn on Aug. 18, 1943. She had been a resident of Lake County for over 40 years living in Painesville and Mentor, Ohio.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Vaux; a son, Barry D. Stallard; and three sisters.

Survivors include her children, Michelle (Steven) Peda of Mentor and Craig Stallard of Seminole, Fla.; stepchildren, Sheryl Laing and Cindy Buffinger; grandchildren, Joshua and Aaron Peda, Courtney Barber and Madison Stallard; 11 brothers.

A Poem by Sue Kern

Maggie with the Laughing Eyes

Memories, fragile as butterfly wings
Illusive, as all gentle things
Fluttering round us just out of reach,
Across a chasm we shall never breech,
Laughter floating into the deep azure skies,
Reminds us of Maggie with the laughing eyes.

In the gathering mist of the waning evenings light,
In this soft and tender August summers night;
She moves quietly amidst our circle of friends,
Lighter than a whisper carried upon the winds,
A gentle presence among the smiles, tears and sighs,
We remember Maggie with the laughing eyes.

Goodbye, our sweet Took, for we see where your destiny lies,
Gods added your star to the twinkling night skies,
An angel looking down on us from Heaven benign,
Gracing our gatherings in Gods gentle design,
Come laugh with us one more time as the last ember dies,
Goodbye, Sweet Maggie with the laughing eyes.
Margaret Trent