We were sadly advised of the passing of Margaret Clements recently who was a dedicated volunteer with the Heathfield Aldgate United Football Club. Margaret was the incredibly supportive wife of Frank, a past Mt Lofty Chairman and Life Member of both Heathfield Aldgate and Mt Lofty Football Clubs and mother of 6 children and their families including Mt Lofty Life Member, Paul who was President during the Triple A Grade Mt Lofty Premiership sides of 2006 to 2008.
Margaret’s family has been synonymous with the Aldgate, Heathfield Aldgate United and Mt Lofty Football Clubs where she was always a significant support to the family which played such a large role in the three clubs, spanning over 4 decades.
With Frank’s heavy involvement, daughter Lyn relates that Margaret eventually decided “if you cant beat ‘em’, join ‘em” which saw her host selection meetings, work in the canteen, making sure young players were provided with a decent meal, (especially with what became known as “Marg burgers”) and washing countless footy jumpers and hanging them in numerical order (even doing that again in her 70’s when Paul was President). Lyn adds “…yes OCD runs so deep in the family that we call it CDO as of course it must be in alphabetical order J There was one occasion when a shower of rain came over, so Margs dashed to the line, grabbed dry jumpers, and then rehung the still damp ones, again in numerical order. Once they were all dry and folded, in numerical order ready for game day, Margs was beside herself as there was one missing! When she gave Frank this information, he asked her which one and promptly started laughing when she told him the number…..apparently this was the jumper of one of the neighbours who had obviously jumped the fence to grab his jumper, not to mention to do Margaret’s head in!”
We will always remember Margaret with her wonderful disposition, a friendly manner, and who amazingly juggled a large family with her career as a nurse. After some years of ill health, she passed away last Friday, but while her family are in mourning, they are relieved that their very much-loved Mother is now at peace.
We extend our sincere condolences to Lynette, Richard, Debra, Heather, Andrew and Paul and their families.
Notice of Margaret’s passing appeared in 14 June Courier.
