Rev. Huffmon
Born in Pueblo, Colo., to E. Diehl Redmond and Margaret Gordon Redmond, Margie grew up in Pueblo, apart from a few early years in Seattle where her father was stationed during World War II. She graduated from Colorado State University, Fort Collins, in 1964, then taught school in Colorado Springs, and, following her marriage to Greg Hammill, in the Washington, D.C., area.
She was very involved with the raising of her three sons in Virginia, New Jersey and Connecticut, while also teaching aerobics. Subsequently she attended the Theological School at Drew University, receiving an M.T.S. and an M.Div. degree, both with honors, and subsequently completed the course work for the Doctor of Letters program.
She became an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church USA in 1997, serving in South Orange and Stewartsville, NJ, and, most recently, as the Interim Minister of the Ramah Presbyterian Church, Huntersville, from February 2007 through July 2009.
She was the beloved wife of the Rev. Prof. Herbert Huffmon, whom she married in 1993; the beloved sister of Gordon Redmond, of Pueblo, Colo., and of Lucia Knutson, of Altamonte Springs, Fla.; the beloved mother of Randall (CT), Bradley (NC), and Jeffrey Hammill (IN); the beloved stepmother of Allan Huffmon, of Salt Lake City, and Kristin Huffmon (Borland), of Lindon, Utah; the beloved sister-in-law of Jim Knutson and Katharine Redmond; the beloved mother-in-law of Laura, Azot, and Colleen Hammill; the beloved grandmother of Jessica and Emily (CT), Sebastian (NC), and Riley and Gavin Hammill (IN), and, with her husband, a grandparent of Tabitha, Lucy, and Kevin Borland (Utah); the beloved aunt of Erica Redmond Wordworth (RI), Elizabeth Steen (FL), and Katherine Knutson (GA); and beloved of several cousins.
As a minister she took special pleasure in innovative worship and in leading retreats for church officers and church women.
A “Celebration of Margie” service will take place at the Ramah Presbyterian Church, Huntersville (14401 Ramah Church Rd.), Sat., Nov. 28, at 4 p.m., with the Rev. Timm High presiding. The family will greet guests at the church between 3 and 4 p.m. There will also be a memorial service at the Drew Seminary Chapel (NJ), yet to be scheduled.
Burial will be private.
In lieu of flowers, gifts may be made in her honor to the American Cancer Society and/or the Myotonic-Distrophy Foundation.
Raymer Funeral Home, in Huntersville is serving the family.
