Margaret Neighbors

Faith, Family, and community are my priorities.

I was born in Bremerton, Washington on May 11, 1946 and grew up on the family farm near Port Orchard, Washington with five siblings, cats, dogs, cows, and chickens.  After graduating high school, I attended Olympic College and the University of Washington and began a career in Data Systems at Pacific Northwest Bell. In 1969 I moved to San Francisco to work for California Blue Shield where I met and married my first husband, Frank Bergin, with whom I had two children.

In 1974 my family returned to Washington. After 14 years my marriage ended. In 1985 I married my soul mate, Lyle Neighbors. Lyle moved to Leavenworth in 1996 to build our dream retirement home. I followed him to Leavenworth when my daughter graduated high school in 1997. Lyle and I jumped into the volunteer world with Habitat for Humanity and Empty Bowls.  In 2003 Lyle died from pancreatic cancer. I continue to volunteer and have served on the Leavenworth City Council and the Upper Valley Historical Society Board and with my church.

I’m a passionate quilter and dote on my grandchildren. Faith, family, and community are my priorities.