Obituaries

Margaret A. Ralston, Co-Founded Insurance Company

Ralston, a Germantown High School Graduate, lived in Lafayette Hill.



Margaret A. Ralston, of Lafayette Hill, formerly of Jenkintown, Flourtown and Glenside, died Wednesday, Sept. 18 in the Mather House at the Hill of Whitemarsh. She was 91.

Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Harley and Mae Louisa Downs. She was the widow of Robert J. Ralston, who died in 2003.

Ralston was a retired vice-president for her family-owned insurance agency, R&M Insurance; she co-founded the company with her late husband.

Ralston was a graduate of Germantown High School and the Pierce Business School. She was a former member of the First Presbyterian Church of Flourtown.

She is survived by a daughter, Deborah Lukens of Lafayette Hill; a son, Robert J. Ralston Jr. of Warminster; and three grandchildren, Lauren, Jodi and Kimberly.

Funeral services were private; interment was in George Washington Memorial Park.

Arrangements are by Lownes Funeral Home, Lafayette Hill.


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