Margie Louise Dillard
Obituary
Margie Louise Dillard, 84, of King City, arrived at Heaven's Gate on Friday, June 24, 2022. She was born Aug. 30, 1937, in Salinas, Calif., the daughter of Harlo and Mildred Earline (Stroud) Hoffman.
Margie graduated from Salinas High School in 1955 and continued on to Hartnell Jr. College, where she met the love of her life, her husband Arza Dillard. During her career, she enjoyed working in a few different fields, but her favorite was construction, and retired from Fletcher Construction Company and moved to King City to run a cattle ranch with her husband Arza.
Margie was an outdoors kind of gal as she loved to go fishing, show Irish Setters in field trials, ride four wheelers around the ranch and go hunting with Arza. Margie was lighthearted, funny and loving; and she had a great deal of love for her family and friends, and loved having large family and friend gatherings in King City at their ranch.
She was a strong force within the family and had a great impact on so many lives. She will be greatly missed but her memory will live on in all the lives she has touched over the years.
She was a member of the Monterey County Cattlemen's Association and former member of the following: Irish Setter Club of Central California, President of Women in Construction, Board Member of Salinas First Credit Union, and President of The Salinas Builders Exchange.
Margie was preceded in death by her parents, Harlo Hoffman and Mildred Earlene (Stroud) Gilliam; husband, Arza Dillard; and sisters, Merna Fontes and Catherine Logan.
Margie is survived by her daughters, Dee Ann Dillard of King City, Christina Schlough (Charles) of Salinas; son, Brian Dillard of Salinas; grandchildren, Michael Dillard (Jen), Cheryl Gimple (Paul), Amy Dillard, Jaime Dillard, Steven Pereira (Cory), and Heather Schlough-Hering (Paden Williams); 13 great-grandchildren; and five nephews.
A Celebration of life will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday July 15, 2022 at Echoes from Calvary Church at 1025 Post Drive in Salinas. Memorials may be made to Monterey Cattlemen's Association- Scholarship Program (King City), or St. Jude Children's Hospital
Funeral Arrangements by Struve and Laporte Funeral Home. Online condolences to www.struveandlaporte.com.
Published in King City Rustler · July 11, 2022