Marguerite Inez Harmon

February 11, 1918 - October 26, 2010

Marguerite Inez Harmon 92 of Bridgeton departed this life on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 in South Jersey Extended Care, Bridgeton, where she had been a resident for the past year. Born in Salem County, she was the daughter of the late Roscoe and Pearla nee Hughes Cuff and the wife of the late William M. Harmon Sr. who passed away in 1987. Mrs. Harmon was a seamstress by trade and was the owner operator of Peggy's Dress Making and Alterations in Bridgeton until 1983. She was at one time the seamstress for the Bridgeton Police Dept., sewing on badges and doing alterations. She was a former member of the Cumberland County Extension Service, teaching sewing through 4H programs. Marguerite was a lifelong member of St. John United Methodist Church, Fordville and a former Sunday School Superintendent and member of the Women's Society. She was also a member of the Nanticoke Lenni Lenape Indian Tribe of Bridgeton where she also taught sewing to many members. She leaves to mourn four children Gwendolyn Alice Swift of Jackson, John Wayne Harmon of Bridgeton, Thelma Marie Burt and her husband Ron of South Carolina , and Pearla Denise Harmon of Vineland, her two brothers Lester Cuff of Hopewell Twp., and Donald Cuff Sr. of Atco, a special son in law Michael Andrews, 20 grandchildren , 33 great grandchildren, and a host of nieces, and nephews. Besides her parents and husband William, she was predeceased by five children Franklin Delano Cuff, Arlene Deborah Isihos, Carolece Marion Harmon, William M. Harmon Jr., Charles S. Harmon, and her sister Vella Ridgeway.