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The Life of MARGIE ELLEN LONGDEN

Services for Margie Ellen Longden, 81, of 3911 Cambridge St., who died of cancer Friday at home, will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Hamilton''s Funeral Home.  Burial will be in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Born in Graham, Mo., Mrs. Longden moved to Des Moines in 1924.  She was a homemaker, a member of the Highland Park Christian Church and a volunteer for the Raymond Blank Memorial Guild.

Survivors include her husband, Wesley T.; a son, Thomas E. of Des Moines, two daughters, Lois Gray of Des Moines and Wanda Wieland of Ankeny; two brothers, Ralph Ripley of Graham, Mo., and Herman Ripley of Hansen, Idaho; a sister, Ruth Davis Brooke of Des Moines; and five grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Central Iowa.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

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