Clara Margaret Stanley of St. Clairsville, Ohio died Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at Belmont Manor Nursing Home. She was born in St. Clairsville, Ohio, daughter of the late Harry E. Reline Sr. and Bernice Reber Reline Hoagland.
Margaret retired from Bank of America in Fullerton, California and was a former employee of Citizen's Bank in Flushing. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church in St. Clairsville and member of the choir and was a former member of Flushing United Methodist Church where she had served as Sunday school teacher and children's choir director. Margaret was a member of Freeport Chapter # 319 Order of Eastern Star and former member of Flushing Chapter # 369 O.E.S. She was a loving mother and grandmother.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Harry J. Stanley Sr.; two sisters, Dorothy Lehman and Virginia Lawson; three brothers, Donald Reline, Harry "Buck" Reline and George Reline.
Surviving are her daughter, Patricia Louise "Pat" Stanley of Peoria, Arizona; her son, Harry J. (Karen) Stanley Jr. of Vallejo, California; a grandson, Bryon Stanley; many nieces and nephews.
Family and friends will be received at Toothman Funeral Home in St. Clairsville on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. with Eastern Star Services at 7:30 p.m.
Funeral services will be held at First Presbyterian Church in St. Clairsville on Wednesday at 11 a.m. with Rev. Homer Harden officiating. Burial will follow in Rock Hill Cemetery, Flushing.
Memorial contributions may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 110 S. Marietta St., St. Clairsville, Ohio 43950.