In Memory of Margaret

Margaret Louise Kimberlin

February 2, 1926 – July 29, 2021

Margaret Louise Kimberlin (nee Singleton) age 95 1⁄2 of Lebanon, Ohio passed peacefully July 29, 2021 in her home with her daughters by her side. February 2, 1926 was a very cold day in Oregonia, Ohio, On this day Dr. Phea assisted by Cora Roberson (her grandmother) they delivered and presented to Wilbur and Mamie Louise (nee Roberson) Singleton their second daughter. They named her Margaret Louise. They continued to live in Oregonia for three years. Margaret loved the country. She chased chickens until her grandmother told her she was running the fat off them and the chicken and dumplings wouldn’t taste good. She then took to whistling like the many birds that would be in the yard. The whistling had to stop too because the birds were eating the chicken’s feed. Margaret was a loving and devoted daughter, sister, aunt, niece, wife, mother, grandmother, friend, and neighbor. She was loved by all who knew her. 

Margaret was a lifelong resident of Lebanon, Ohio and Warren County and was a 1944 graduate of Lebanon High School. Margaret enjoyed writing poetry and short stories, playing the lottery; sometimes just picking numbers. She loved spending time with her family and friends. She enjoyed traveling and seeing new places. She later enjoyed stories of other people’s adventures when she could no longer travel. She was also known for her doodling on any paper close by. She had a quick wit about her that was enjoyed by all who were lucky enough to be in her presence. Margaret was a member of the Bethel AME Church. She loved singing and was in the Bethel AME Church Senior Choir, the Hall Thomas Chorus, the Singleton Sisters as a stand in for herAunt Frieda at times, singing at Wright Patterson Air Force Base and on the Middletown Radio Station. 

She is preceded in death by her parents, husband Frank Russell Kimberlin, brother Robert Ronald Singleton, sisters Esther Moore and Doris Calloway, grandson Jermaine Hunte, and friend and companion Keenan Banks. Margaret leaves behind her cherished sisters Bernice Roggerson and Janice Strickland; her loving children Dennis Kimberlin (Brenda), Michael Kimberlin, Lynda Lindsay, Renee Forrester, and Rayella Kimberlin; grandchildren Keena Lindsay, Janelle Campbell (Chris), Tiffany DePass (Kevin), Ezekiel Kimberlin (Sara), Kelton Lindsay (Jessica), Dennis Kimberlin, Elizabeth Kimberlin, Russell Forrester (Olivia), Alyce Lindsay (Tyren), and Shawn Kimberlin; nineteen great-grandchildren, seven great-great grandchildren, special son-in-law Terry Forrester and special grand-son-in-law Lydell Samples. Special family members Kerry, Nicholas, and Kyle Perrin.