Margaret Ellen Mcbride

Margaret Ellen McBride, 91, of Casa Grande died on Oct. 14, 2014, at home.

The graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Mountain View Cemetery.

Mrs. McBride was born in Milan, Ohio, and was a daughter of Ernest and Hazel DeLamater. She married Dwight Nelson McBride on Feb. 13, 1943. When the couple lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico, she was involved in church and Youth for Christ. In 1958 they started Crosslands Mission, a Navajo children’s home in Thoreau, New Mexico. Soon five baby girls and two baby boys were added to their family of two children. Later they started Crosslands Navajo Church, where her husband was pastor until 1999, when the couple moved to Casa Grande. They started a church for winter visitors at Foothills West RV Resort and pastored there until 2011. She was actively involved in the city’s Dorothy Powell Senior Adult Center and with the Helping Hands Caring Hearts Ladies Group.

Survivors include four sons, Ben Ichikawa of Three Hills, Alberta, Canada, John McBride of Joplin, Missouri, Tim and Mark McBride of Albuquerque; five daughters, Judy Haynes of Henderson, Nevada, Maureen Largo of Albuquerque, Elise Johnson of Casa Grande, Clara Lebsack of Tucson and Sue House of Thoreau; a sister, Pearl Gaag of Norwalk, Ohio; a brother, Kenneth DeLamater of Milan, Ohio; 22 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; a daughter; three brothers; and a sister.

Memorial contributions may be made to Crosslands Navajo Church.

J. Warren Funeral Services, Cole & Maud The Gardens Chapel is in charge of arrangements.