Obituary of Wanda F. Meggitt

Wanda F. Meggitt, age 96 formerly of 3083 Newport Road, Iowa City, died Thursday, February 3, 2005, at Solon Nursing Care Center in Solon. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, February 21, 2005, at the First Baptist Church in Iowa City with the Reverend Wallace Bubar officiating. Burial will be at the Memory Gardens Cemetery in Iowa City. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 pm Sunday at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Services. A memorial fund has been established in Wanda’s memory. Online condolences may be sent for her family through our website @www.gayandciha.com. Wanda Fay Watson Meggitt was born January 26, 1909, at Eagle Grove, Iowa, where she lived until graduating from high school. She then attended and graduated from Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls. For a number of years she taught elementary and middle school at Rockford, Iowa where she also served as prinicpal of the elementary school. Wanda married Wendell Meggitt in the 1940’s when they moved to Iowa City where they resided for over sixty years. She was an active member of First Baptist Church in Iowa City where she was a Deaconess, active in many of the church’s functions; also involved with scouting, PTA, and a number of women’s organizations over the years. She will be remembered as a loving and caring person, always available for support and ready to help in a moments notice. She was the consummate homemaker with a flair for decorating, flower arranging, and entertaining. Her love of the piano was obvious with the music she shared with so many coming from the depths of her heart and soul. All will miss her. Her family includes two sons, Charles Meggitt of Tucson, AZ, and Stephen Meggitt of Iowa City; grandchildren, Audrey, Owen, Connor and Emily all of Tucson, and Josh Meggitt of Iowa City; grand-daughter-in-law, Alisa Meggitt of Iowa City; nephew, Bill Doty of Crystal Lake, MN. Wanda was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and five brothers. Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service is caring for Wanda’s family and her services.