Margaret (Hamblin) Hinman (1919 - 2013)

Born 19 Jul 1919 in Nutrioso Apache County Arizona, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Eugene J Potter — married 1 Jun 1937 (to 28 Oct 1981) in Arizona

Wife of Travis Leroy Hinman — married about 1989 (to 27 Jul 2003) in Arizona

Died 26 Jan 2013 at age 93 in Gilbert Maricopa County Arizona, USA

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Biography

Birth: Jul. 19, 1919 Nutrioso Apache County Arizona, USA Death: Jan. 26, 2013 Gilbert Maricopa County Arizona, USA

Arizona Birth Certificate

Brewer, Lee & Larkin Funeral Home, Farmington, New Mexico

Margaret Potter Hinman July 19, 1919 ~ January 26, 2013

Margaret Potter Hinman went home to be with her heavenly family on Jan. 26, 2013, at the young age of 93. She was born July 19, 1919 in Nutrioso, Ariz., to Don Carlos and Ida Lee Hamblin. She married Eugene John Potter on June 1, 1937. They raised five children.

Margaret was a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-Saints. She served in many different offices of the church, as well as two stake missions with her husband.

After Gene's death in 1981, she met and married Lee Ledford. They moved to Aztec where she spent her time growing roses and making jelly from the grapes in her yard. The marriage didn't last long.

In 1989, she married a friend of the family, Travis Hinman. They bought a fifth wheel and became "snow birds." They spent a number of years in Kingman, Ariz. When Travis died in 2003, Margaret lived with her granddaughter, Alana.

From 2005 until her passing, she lived with her son, Jerry and his wife, Becky in Gilbert, Ariz.

Margaret loved spending time at the family cabin in the La Plata Mountains. She wrote many poems. Margaret worked at Sprouse Ritz, McClellans, and the Central Kitchen for Farmington Municipal Schools.

Margaret was preceded in death by husbands, Eugene John Potter and Travis Hinman; her parents; children, Ronald Eugene and Rosalyn Mae Potter; three brothers and seven sisters.

She is survived by sons, Bob (Cheryl) Potter of New Hampshire; Jerry (Becky) Potter, of Ariz.; David (Camilla) Potter. of Colorado; daughter-in-law, Tiny Potter, of Farmington; two sisters, Helen Ellsworth and Shirley Velejos; 19 grandchildren; 47 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren, many nieces, nephews and friends.

A service will be 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 2, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Stake Center, 4400 College Blvd. in Farmington.

Local arrangements are with Brewer, Lee and Larkin Funeral Home, 103 E. Ute St. in Farmington, 505-325-8688.

Those who wish to express their condolences may do so at www.serenityandcompany.com

Family links: Parents: Don Carlos Hamblin (1882 - 1941) Ida Lee Hamblin (1884 - 1977)

Spouses: Eugene J. Potter (1916 - 1981) Travis Leroy Hinman (1924 - 2003)

Children: Ronald Eugene Potter (1938 - 2005)* Rosalyn Mae Potter (1939 - 1957)* Gerald Wayne Potter (1943 - 2014)*

Siblings: Blanche Greer (1909 - 2005)* Klea Hamblin Boddeker (1911 - 2004)* Fay Hamblin Belshe (1913 - 1996)* Don Carlos Hamblin (1916 - 1916)* Orland Kay Hamblin (1917 - 1983)* Margaret Hamblin Hinman (1919 - 2013) Shirley Dolores Hamblin (1924 - 1997)* Herman Ballard Hamblin (1926 - 1997)*

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Burial: Memory Gardens of Farmington Farmington San Juan County New Mexico, USA

Created by: Sharla Record added: Jan 30, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 104408617

Sources

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