Margaret Elizabeth Haverstick, 94, of Vero Beach, FL, passed away peacefully in her sleep of natural causes on Monday, July 30, 2018.

Mrs. Haverstick was born in Newark, New Jersey on December 9, 1923, the second youngest of five children of Jacob Fischer and the former Julia Patterson, all of whom predeceased her.

She graduated from West Side High School in Newark in 1942.

In 1943, she married Henry W. Haverstick on the eve of his departure for service in Europe with the U.S. Army during World War II.  Following the war, they had a son and daughter and remained devotedly married for nearly 74 years.

In 1953, Mrs. Haverstick and her husband moved to River Edge, New Jersey, where they raised their children, and resided for 28 years.  She and her husband then lived in Manchester, New Jersey from 1981 to 1999 and in Germantown, Maryland from 1999 to 2012.  Later in 2012, they relocated to Vero Beach.

Throughout much of her adult life, Mrs. Haverstick worked tirelessly to help provide a better life for her family, employed with the Beneficial Company in Newark; Hackensack Trust Company, Peoples Trust Company and March of Dimes in Hackensack, New Jersey; Kislak Company in River Edge, as well as with her husband in their Esquire Tailoring and Dry Cleaning business in Teaneck, New Jersey.  She retired in 1981.

Mrs. Haverstick's husband died in 2017.  She is survived by her son, Henry; daughter, Margaret Buxton; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Margaret was a beautiful lady.  The love and affection, the enthusiasm and caring, and the gentle kindness that radiated from her were constant blessings to her family and to all others who knew and cherished her.  Her husband loved her completely.  To her children, she was the most wonderful mother.  Her grandchildren adored her.  She will be ever so dearly missed and will remain in our hearts forever.