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Margie Best Camenisch

Posted 11/18/10

MILTON - Margie Best Camenisch, of Milton, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, at Caring Hearts and Hands in Greenwood. She was 96. Margie was born May 20, 1914, in Springfield, Ky., to John …

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Margie Best Camenisch

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MILTON - Margie Best Camenisch, of Milton, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, at Caring Hearts and Hands in Greenwood. She was 96. Margie was born May 20, 1914, in Springfield, Ky., to John Phillip and Minnie Simpson Best. Mrs. Camenisch graduated from Springfield High School in 1932. She worked several years for the Baptist Long Run Assoc in Louisville, Ky., doing mission work throughout the city. Later she graduated in 1942, from Campbellsville College, then a Junior College. She took classes in Georgetown College and Center College while she was secretary of Lexington Ave. Baptist Church in Danville. She taught kindergarten at Lexington Ave. Baptist Church in Danville, Ky., for several years. On Jan. 25, 1947, she married Paul Camenisch. They had one son, Paul Douglas Camenisch. Her husband passed away in 1962. In 1981, she moved to Milton. She became very active in the Goshen Untied Methodist Church and later joining Eagles Nest Fellowship Church. For many years, she was active in Prison Fellowship ministry, Nursing Home ministry and the Milton Senior Citizens Center. She is survived by her son, Paul Douglas Camenisch, his wife Helen; a granddaughter, Amanda Elaine Camenisch and her fiancé' Patrick Kilby; one great-granddaughter, Sara Elaine Stringfellow; and one grandson, Paul Douglas Camenisch, II and his wife Heidi Lowe Camenisch; a brother-in-law, Rev. Robert Camenisch of Stanford, Ky.; and many nieces and nephews. Funeral Services will be 8 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010, in the chapel of Short Funeral Services, 416 Federal St., Milton, where friends may call after 6 p.m. Sunday night. Burial will be at a later date in Danville, Ky. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to: Eagles Nest Fellowship Church, 26633 Zion Church Rd., Milton, DE 1

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