(William twin Schell Family)

Mrs. Margaret VanFossan, 67, of 116 S. Walnut St., died at 8:25 a.m. yesterday in Jameson Memorial Hospital after an illness.

She was born in Staten Island, N.Y., March 18, 1907 to the late Martin Phillip and Elizabeth Regan Thornton. She owned and operated the VanFossan Dairy for then past27 years.

Mrs. VanFossan was a member of Second United Presbyterian Church She was a past Queen of Dames of Malta Lodge. She was a committee woman of the first precinct of the Third Ward of the Republican Party.

She was married to Daniel Keith VanFossan who died Aug. 5, 1966.

She is survived by two sons, Samuel Keith and Daniel James, both New Castle; a daughter, Mrs. Richard (Patricia) Hamill of Lakewood, Calif.; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two sons, William Kenneth and Phillip Thornton, and a brother, Martin Thornton.

Friends will be received at the Edward A. DeCArbo and Son  Funeral Home, S. Mill and E. Lutton Streets, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow, A service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, conducted by Dr. George Henderson of the church.

Burial will be in Oak Park Cemetery.