Margaret Frances McCutcheon

of Fairfield Bay, Arkansas died peacefully with family present on January 25, 2010. She was born February 25, 1919 in Bogota Columbia to Grover and Marion Birtchet, Presbyterian missionaries.  She had an exciting childhood with her parents moving around a bit in their service and finally settling in Roseland in south Chicago.  There she met her husband Edgar and raised three children in the south suburbs of Chicago.  She was very active with the Presbyterian Women, the PTA and served twelve years on the Hazel Crest school board.  She moved to Fairfield Bay in 1983 where she met many new friends and has been very active in the Kirk of the Hills Presbyterian church. Margaret is survived by her husband Edgar McCutcheon, sister Barbara Lambert and her husband Bill of Rockford Illinois, son James McCutcheon and his wife Hopper of New Orleans LA, daughter Eileen Hilliard and her husband Jim of Langhorne PA, grandchildren Melissa Auger, Kate Cortez, Jeff McCutcheon, Paul Hilliard and Jeff Hilliard.  She was preceded in death by her parents Marion & Grover Birtchet, her brother Leland Birtchet and her son Andrew McCutcheon.  Interment will be at a private ceremony in the columbarium at the Presbyterian Kirk of the Hills.  A memorial service will be announced at a later date.  Margaret requested that in lieu of flowers a donation be made to the Presbyterian Kirk of the Hills, 250 Dave Creek Parkway, Fairfield Bay, Arkansas 72088.