Margaret Ella (Brown) Carlow
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page 8 - October 18, 2005
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 10B - October 14, 2005
Vail Daily page A6 - October 24, 2005
A memorial service for longtime Eagle resident Margaret Ella Carlow, 87, will be held at 11 a.m., Nov. 4, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Eagle. She will be cremated and her ashes will be interred at Sunset View Cemetery in Eagle.Carlow was born to born to Hugh and Ruth Brown in Granada, Colo. on Sept. 24, 1918. Her family moved to Glenwood Springs and she graduated from Glenwood High School in 1936. She attended Central Business School in Denver and then worked for the Garfield County Abstract Company. She married George Carlow on Sept. 25, 1939. A secretary, she went to work in 1940 for Edward Taylor, a U.S. Congressman from Glenwood Springs, and worked out of his office in Washington, D.C. beginning in 1941.Taylor died in office, and the Carlows moved back to Eagle, where their daughter, Janice, was born in 1942. George joined the Navy and they moved to Chula Vista, Calif. After the war, they moved back to Eagle. Their son Pat was born in 1946.
During the next 50-plus years, Margaret had a varied career, including secretarial work for attorney Gene Luby and First Bank of Eagle County. She spent many years working as clerk at the Eagle County District Court.Margaret and George owned and operated a variety of businesses locally, including a restaurant, liquor store and others. Their life in Eagle was interrupted in 1951 by a short-term move to Hawaii, when George was called back into the military during the Korean War. When the Carlows returned to the valley, Margaret also worked at the Gilman mine, commuting daily with Jack Johnson, Darrel Barnes, Jack Merchant and Willie Bowman.She and George owned and operated Eagle Liquor/Sharp’s Beer & Lunch on Broadway until George’s death in 1990. Sharp’s was known for its chili and burgers – which Margaret cooked – and for the pitch tables in the back where the locals played cards.
After George’s death, Margaret and her sister, Bonita Eaton, continued the operation as a liquor store only, until selling the business sin the mid-1990s. Family members say Margaret was an excellent gardener, and when her heath was good, her yard was filled with bright flowers. They say she was one of the few people in Eagle who had great luck with roses.Despite failing eyesight, Margaret remained active in the community, participating in lunches and events at the Golden Eagle Senior Center. Margaret lived in Eagle until health problems forced her to move to Grand Junction in August. She died there on Oct. 13.Margaret was preceded in death by her husband, George, and her sister, Bonita Eaton
Survivors include her daughter, Janice Starr and son-in-law Ralph of Martin, Tenn.; son Pat and daughter-in-law Irene of Grand Junction; four grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren; as well as the Eaton nieces: Connie, Sharon, Phyllis and Kim.Friends are invited to join the family at the Brush Creek Pavilion following the service. Memorial contributions may be made to the Vail Valley Medical Center Foundation, P.O. Box 1529, Vail, Colo. 81658.Vail, Colorado
