Margery Alden Lawrence Hetherington, 98, passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 22, 2024. We have lost a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend. While the love she showed her family will be her everlasting legacy, Margery will be remembered as well for her witty banter, her skills organizing and participating in social events, and her admiration and nurturing of the creativity that she recognized in others.Margery was born March 20, 1926, in Chicago, Illinois, daughter of Roland Hall Lawrence and Margaret Dibble Gear. She grew up and attended school in the Beverly neighborhood of Chicago. As a young girl Margery loved spending time at her parents’ vacation cabin on their farm near Sycamore, Illinois. As a teenager during WWII, Margery volunteered at the USO to help entertain the troops who were stationed in Chicago. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English at Denison University of Ohio in 1948. During college, Margery became a lifelong member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. She was a post-graduate counselor for the sorority at San Jose State University helping to install the Delta Chi Chapter. During summers, Margery worked for the George Williams College Camp, in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. Lake Geneva became a favorite vacation spot for her, as well as for many Lawrence family reunions.Margery worked as a fifth grade teacher for the Arlington Heights school system. Her students were treated to an annual bus field trip to the Lawrence family farm in Sycamore. In 1952, Margery married her husband, John (Jack) Murray Hetherington, also of Beverly in Chicago. They were married until Jack’s death in 2004. Margery and Jack had three children, Robin, John (Lars) and Laurel and raised their family in Clarendon Hills, Illinois. She continued being a teacher to her children and instilled in them a love of the arts including reading, music, poetry, creative dance and theater. Ice skating, sailing, and skiing played an important role for much of her life. Margery cherished them for recreation and exercise as well as another opportunity to engage with family and friends. Sports even played a role in her marriage as Jack proposed to Margery on the greens of a golf course in Lake Geneva.The Hetheringtons made their home in Chicago’s western suburbs and Margery developed a rewarding career volunteering in communities around the region. She led story hour at the Clarendon Hills Public Library, worked in various roles for the Union Church of Hinsdale, was a loom weaver at the Graue Mill Museum, and served as a member and President of the Hinsdale chapter of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Honoring her ancestors, she was an active member of the local Daughters of the American Revolution chapter and the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. Margery also provided considerable support to Jack’s long career in architecture. He came from a renowned family of designers with roots in the couple’s common home community of Beverly.As one nephew remembered, Margery loved “being in the middle of life”. She enjoyed entertaining family and friends. She and Jack often hosted local events and Jack’s professional colleagues at their home. Cousins remember never wanting to leave Aunt Margie and Uncle Jack’s house.Remaining to cherish Margery’s memory are children Robin Finlay (David), John (Lars) Hetherington (Marie-Luise Weng), Laurel Wimpffen (Otto); grandchildren Matthew Scigousky, Brooke Chester (Chris); great-grandchildren Simone, Mia, Holden, Cameron and Rohen; sister Alice Lund, brother Larry (Vikki); many nieces and nephews and loving extended family members.Preceding Margery in death are husband Jack Hetherington; parents Roland and Margaret Lawrence; sister Betsey Sherman; brothers-in-law George Lund and John (Jack) Sherman; nephews David and Peter Lund.Margery’s home for the last six years was Robin Way Assisted Living in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. The care and compassion shown to Margery was without measure. A special thank you to Diana and all the caregivers, management and staff who made her home, our home too. A Celebration of Life will be held later in 2025. In honor of Margery’s love of reading and literature, memorial donations in her name may be directed to: Bernie’s Book Bank, 917 N. Shore Drive, Lake Bluff, IL 60044 or at https://www.berniesbookbank.org/Bernie’s Book Bank provides free quality books to children in local areas of Chicago and surrounding communities to help build personal libraries.