Margaret Elizabeth (Travis) Foltz

Margaret Elizabeth Foltz, 88, formerly of Worthington, PA, passed away on 4/4//2024, where she resided with her family in Georgia from 2016 - 2024.  Margaret was born on August 8, 1935, in North Buffalo Township, PA, to the late Lurena “Linny” Malinda Grafton and Sylvester (Sylvesta) Monroe Travis.  Margaret was a dedicated and hard worker. She worked at Moonlight Mushrooms for 20 years, was a Crew Leader, and retired in 1993 when the mines closed. She later worked at B&J Sporting Goods in Natrona Heights, PA until 2015, when she officially retired at the age of 80.  Margaret enjoyed spending time with family, traveling throughout the U.S., gardening, doing yard work, bowling, making ceramics, and watching hummingbirds feed on her front porch flowers. 

Margaret is survived by her children — James “Jim” (Mary Vaughn) Rushing of Gulf Shores, AL, Melody (Neal) Shoger of Liberty, MO, Debra Brinkley of Woodstock, GA, and Melony (Kim Paul) Parkhurst of Marietta, GA — her grandchildren — Melissa (Andy) Knotaitis, Glenn Wolfe, Brandt (Kristal) Wolfe, Tanya (Kenneth) Hartman, Garrett (Mali Naftali) Dantzler, Alycia (Casey Bonds) Brinkley, Carl Parkhurst, Laurel (Scott) Shoger-Hall, Holly (Brandon) Floyd, Ben Petras, Chloey Beers, Todd Zion, and Jim Duguay — her great grandchildren — Stella Knotaitis, Beckett Knotaitis, Lexi Hartman, Riley Hartman, Henry Wolfe, McKenzie Floyd, Luke Floyd, Emma Petras, Blake Petras, Ilay Fainshtad, Noa Fainshtad — her great great grandchild, Tommy Beers -- and her siblings — Helen Travis, Sylvester “Sonny” (Jane) Travis, and Lenard “Pete” (Autumn “Gail”) Travis.  Margaret was preceded in death by her parents — Lurena “Linny” Malinda Grafton and Sylvester (Sylvesta) Monroe Travis — her husband — James P. Foltz — her siblings — Donald (Shirley) Grafton, Anna Marie “Tootie” Lasher, Walter L. Travis — her granddaughter — Trisha (Rushing) Duguay — and Ed Smith. 

Family and friends will be received from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at the F. Duane Snyder Funeral Home, 119 Bear St., Worthington, PA.  Funeral services will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday, April 10, at 11 a.m., with an additional hour of visitation prior to the service.  Burial will follow in Lawn Haven Burial Estates in Worthington, Pa.  

To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Margaret Elizabeth (Travis) Foltz, please visit our floral store.