WHITELAW, Margaret Louise^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1915 - 2002  (86 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	WHITELAW, Margaret Louise  [4]
  Birth	5 May 1915	Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States of America   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	11 February 2002	El Centro, Imperial County, California, United States of America   [3]
  Burial	El Centro, Imperial County, California, United States of America   [3]
  Notes	Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in First United Methodist Church, 312 S. 8th St. in El Centro, for Margaret Louise "Peggy" Whitelaw Yeager, 86, of El Centro, who died Monday in her home. Mrs. Yeager was born on May 5, 1915, in Los Angeles and moved to Calexico as a baby. She attended local schools and graduated from University of California, Berkeley, where she majored in English and art. While at Berkeley, she met Russell H. Yeager and they married shortly after their graduation. She was a homemaker most of her life, raising four children. Mrs. Yeager was an accomplished musician and artist. Once she played a recital at age 12, accompanying her mother on the piano, who was a former symphony violinist. Her home was filled with her paintings, according to family. She was a member of the Imperial Valley Art Association, Presbyterian Women's Guild, American Association of University Women, Harding School PTA, Cal Berkeley Alumni Association, The Humane Society and Imperial County Historical Society. She was preceded in death by her husband, Russell H. Yeager, in 1984. Survivors include her son, Russ D. Yeager of El Centro; son and daughter-in-law, Chris and Dinah Yeager of El Centro; daughters and sons-in-law, Judith and Herb Pierson of El Centro and Dru and Scott Holbrook of Bakersfield; grandchildren, Zack Yeager of Costa Mesa, Sara Yeager of Hollywood, Nicholas Yeager, Angela Cotugno, Christian Zuin and Kate, Kelly, Kimberly and David Pierson, all of El Centro, and Lauren Holbrook of Bakersfield.
  Person ID	I422460665542	Ancestry dot com tree
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family	YEAGER, Russell Harrison,   b. 14 April 1914, California, United States of America d. 2 December 1984, Imperial County, California, United States of America (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	6 Aug 1938	La Jolla   [4, 5]
  Children	1. YEAGER, D.   2. YEAGER, R.D.   3. YEAGER, C.W.   4. YEAGER, J.I.
  Family ID	F7632	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2025

  
  

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