Born July 17, 1952 in Tacoma Park, MD she was the daughter of the late Kenneth and Bertha (Poole) Moore. She was the wife of Mark A. Deist of Chambersburg to whom she was married to for 51 years.
Mrs. Deist was a member of Flohrs Lutheran Church, McKnightstown where she was a member of the church choir. She was a member of Knouse Foods Co-op and engaged in working Deist Orchards with her husband. In her spare time she enjoyed flower gardening, camping, traveling, and country music concerts. Most of all she thoroughly enjoyed her family, especially her grandchildren.
In addition to her husband, Margaret is survived by her four children, Denise Downey, of Savage, MD, Barry Deist, of Chambersburg, PA, Laura Milesky and her husband Mark, of Fayetteville, PA, Kirk Deist and his wife Kristen, of New Oxford, PA, and her five grandchildren, Kiley Milesky, Joseph Milesky, Benjamin Milesky, Gunnar Milesky, and Kinsley Deist. She was predeceased by a grandson, Roland Baker.
Funeral service will be held 2:00 PM, Thursday, June 9, 2022, at Flohrs Lutheran Church, 595 Flohrs Church Rd., McKnightstown, PA with Rev. Dennis Probst officiating. Burial will be in the Flohrs Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM until the time of the service at the church. The Monahan Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral arrangements and online condolences may be made at monahanfuneralhome.com.
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to Flohrs Lutheran Church, 595 Flohrs Church Rd., McKnightstown, PA 17343.
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