Margaret "Maggie" A. Head's Obituary
Margaret A. “Maggie” Head of Altoona, Florida passed away on Thursday, September 15, 2022. She was 85. She was born in Carrsville, Kentucky. Maggie and her late husband both worked at the Manteno Mental Health Center in Kankakee, Illinois. She gave over 25 years of service prior to retiring. Maggie moved to Grand Island, Florida in the 1990’s and settled in Sunlake Estates, where she was active in the social club before she relocated to Lakeview Terrace in Altoona. Maggie was also a proud member of the Red Hat Society.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Jerry Head on February 1, 2015, after 58 years of marriage. Maggie is remembered and will be dearly missed by her nephews and niece, Richard L. (Joan L.) Gilland of Palm Coast, Florida; Christina Ann Hamett of Newnan, Georgia; Donald Samuel (Sarah) Gilland of Denver, Colorado and William (Rhonda) Gilland of Searcy, Arkansas; and her best friend, whom she considered a sister, Peggy Pilker.
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