Marguerite Neff passed away on November 10, 2020 at the Kroontje Health Care Center of Warm Hearth Village in Blacksburg, Virginia. She was 91 years old.

Elsie Marguerite Vass was born in Hillsville, Virginia to Oscar and Elizabeth (Hurst) Vass. Like many people from   Carroll  County  at  the time, the family  moved  to  Coalwood, West Virginia and  Marguerite  grew up there.  She  graduated  valedictorian  of  her senior  class  from  Big Creek High School  in War.  Afterward   she attended and  graduated from Bluefield College in Bluefield, West Virginia.

The Vass family moved back to Hillsville and Marguerite's first job was working at the switchboard at American Mirror Company in Galax. Later she worked at radio station WBOB in Galax. While at lunch at  Bolens Drug   one day, she  met a  young  attorney  living  in  Fries named Harvey Neff.   They were married at the Lutheran Church in Rural Retreat, Virginia on December 13, 1958.  The rest of her career was that of a loving wife, mother and homemaker.

Marguerite was preceded in  death  by  her husband Lundus Harvey Neff, Jr. She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Celia  and  Taylor Vaughan; three  granddaughters: Emily Vaughan Ritchie (husband Matt), Rebecca Elizabeth Vaughan (fiancé Matthew Warnock), and Carolyn Vaughan Nelson (husband Garrett); and one great­ granddaughter, Lauren Taylor Ritchie. She is also survived by one sister Mrs. Gene V. Bass of Raleigh, North Carolina, one niece and several nephews.

A  graveside service will be held at  2 o'clock pm  at the Mountain View Cemetery in Rural Retreat, Virginia on  Friday, November 13th• Reverend Mark  McFadden  will  be  officiating. There will be no visitation at this time.

Flowers will be appreciated, or donations may be made to one of the following:

Warm Hearth Foundation, First United Methodist Church of Galax, or the Galax Foundation for Excellence in Education to The Harvey and Marguerite Neff Scholarship.

The family would like to express their gratitude to the staff of  the   Kroontje Health care Center for their kindness and care for Marguerite during the last several years.

A guestbook is available online at www.vaughanguynn.com