Margaret Louise (Christian) Koilpillai

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Margaret Louise (Christian) Koilpillai

August 23, 1929 - August 01, 2020

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Margaret Louise (Christian) Koilpillai was born in Pune, India to Siromani and Job Christian. The daughter of a homemaker and a SDA publishing house worker, Margaret was described by childhood friends as shy, loyal, witty, energetic, sympathetic and generous. She doted on her mother, and often accompanied her as she visited neighbors and friends who needed help.She grew up in Salisbury Park together with her younger brothers Johnson... see moreMargaret Louise (Christian) Koilpillai was born in Pune, India to Siromani and Job Christian. The daughter of a homemaker and a SDA publishing house worker, Margaret was described by childhood friends as shy, loyal, witty, energetic, sympathetic and generous. She doted on her mother, and often accompanied her as she visited neighbors and friends who needed help.

She grew up in Salisbury Park together with her younger brothers Johnson and Moses. After elementary school in Salisbury Park, and high school in Lasalgaon in Maharashtra State, she completed secretarial science degree at Spicer Memorial College. Later, while working in the Division Office SDA in Salisbury Park, Margaret met a dashing business management lecturer, Samuel, son of V. Duraisamy and Rajammal Koilpillai. Samuel knew he had met the one for whom he was meant, and the two were married on December 24, 1951, in the Salisbury Park SDA Church. Two daughters, Leela, then Nalini, were born soon after. The young family was separated in 1955, as Samuel departed for the U.S. to attend graduate school. Margaret and their two young daughters followed within a year, and the family settled in Takoma Park, Maryland, in the Washington, D.C. area.

Two more daughters, Mano and Jaya, were born in the next eight years, and Margaret enjoyed raising her four girls (“I have a quartet now,” she would say), hosting their friends, working at the World Bank and socializing with relatives and friends. She formed several lifelong friendships with co-workers, and shared her expansive faith with them. She started an SDA Bible study group at the Bank, which resulted in several baptisms and brought many others to Christ.
Margaret’s many talents included a proficiency for languages (Marathi, Hindi,Tamil and English), knitting and crocheting, baking, expertly cooking many types of cuisines. She particularly enjoyed gardening: visiting many lovely public gardens on weekends and caring for her own gardens, which featured many varieties of roses and fruit trees. She also was fond of long car trips and travel of all kinds, and the family traveled across the U.S. and Canada many times, as well as Europe and Asia, especially India as they stayed close to both the Christian and Koilpillai families.

Margaret and Sam retired from their jobs in Washington in 1988, and then began an exciting chapter of life in Hosur as they started Anantha Ashram, and developed it to be a wonderful, positive beacon of help and hope for hundreds of families and children in need of medical care and homes. Margaret has loved her life in India these last decades, traveling back to Washington yearly to spend time with her children and families.

She was a loving, present mother, taking seriously her role in guiding her four girls. They credit their mother for being an example of strength, courage, grace, perseverance, dutifulness, forgiveness, beauty, optimism, faith and most of all, love. Margaret’s happiest days were those spent with her grandchildren, and she was blessed and joyful to know her great-grandchildren.

Margaret impressed everyone she knew with her elegance and style, for being effortlessly hospitable and generous, for kindness and warmth, and for her unending wit. Every conversation with her included laughter, and her beautiful smile and twinkling eyes lighted up every room. Her beautiful life ended rather abruptly when she was called for rest on August 1, 2020.

Margaret is survived by her loving husband, Samuel; adoring daughters Leela, Nalini, Mano, and Jaya; son-in-law Carl; grandchildren Maya and husband Graham, Mahesh and wife Jackie; Anjuna, Adriana, Sangita; great-grandchildren Wyatt, Grace, and
Ellie; her brother Johnson Christian;her other siblings Kennedy,Lynden, Dennis, Dwight and Evangeline; and a host of relatives and friends whose lives she changed for the better and who enriched her.

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August 6, 2020

The tribute I gave for my mother today.
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August 6, 2020

Here is the program from today's service for my Mamma in Hosur. Thank you everyone for your support and love.
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Joel Rao:

August 6, 2020

Our deepest condolences, Sam Thatha, Aunty Leela, Aunty Nalini, Aunty Mano & Aunty Jaya.

Maggie Patti was a lovely person, such a joy to be around. I remember the countless Sabbath lunches that she hosted. There was always good food and delicious... more
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Joseph Rao:

August 6, 2020

She was a loving grandma to me whom I called Maggie Paati (grandma in Tamil). She always used to mention how cute I was and ask me how old i was. Her house was the scene of so many family get togethers and Sabbath lunches. My favourites from her kitchen... more
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