Margaret S. Holton

Mar­garet S. Holton, 40, of Colum­bus and for­merly of Delaware passed away Sun­day (March 11, 2012) at River­side Methodist Hos­pi­tal fol­low­ing a two month illness.

She was born on Aug. 2, 1971, in Los Ange­les and was a mem­ber of Delaware Hayes High School Class of 1989. A res­i­dent of the Colum­bus area for the past 15 years, she was employed as senior fraud ana­lyst for the Dublin office of Cen­tu­ryLink. Com­pas­sion­ate and loyal, she was a com­fort­ing friend to all. She enjoyed read­ing mys­ter­ies and col­lect­ing cof­fee mugs and cups. For­ever strong willed, she was never afraid to give you a piece of her mind. Indeed a friend, she was always there to talk, too. Mar­garet will be remem­bered as a won­der­ful mom who trea­sured spend­ing time with family.

She is sur­vived by her hus­band, Richard “Rick” Holton whom she mar­ried May 24, 1997; daugh­ter, Syd­ney Holton; brother, Andrew R. (Beth) Hill of Colum­bus; sis­ter ‚Andrea R. Hill of Colum­bus; and many nieces and nephews.

She was pre­ceded in death by her mother, Nancy Jo (Terry) Straughn in 1997.

Friends may pay their respects from 5 to 8 p.m. Fri­day at the DeVore-Snyder Funeral Home, 75 W. William St., Delaware. Ser­vices will be held at 10 a.m. Sat­ur­day at the DeVore-Snyder Funeral Home and bur­ial will fol­low in King­wood Memo­r­ial Park.

Memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions can be made to her daugh­ter Sydney.

Con­do­lences may be expressed at snyderfuneralhomes.com.

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