Margaret Claudette Pilsing, daughter of the late Herschel Hill and Ethel Wells Hill, was born on November 23, 1944, in Tallapoosa, Missouri; and departed this life on March 12, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 78 years.

Mrs. Pilsing was a former librarian with the Dunklin County Library, a former supervisor and director for Gideon Head Start, and she was a resident of Clarkton, Missouri. She enjoyed reading and bird watching and loved spending time with her family.

She is survived by three sons, Lamar Pilsing and wife Amy of St. Charles, Missouri, Patrick Pilsing and partner Karen of Overland, Missouri, and Murray Pilsing and wife Rebecca of Dexter, Missouri; by her brother, Charles Hill of Overland, Missouri; and by four sisters, Dorothy Hill of Gideon, Missouri, Shirley Costephens of Malden, Missouri, Betty Burris of Ellisville, Missouri, and Alice Charlene Campbell of Gideon, Missouri; and by four grandchildren, Alaina Pilsing, Olivia Pilsing, Gavin Pilsing, and Julia Pilsing.

Other than by her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Bill Hill; and by five sisters, Bessie Louise Hill, Pauline Berry, Juanita Berry, Dorris Besselman, and Carolyn Hill.

Graveside services will be conducted at the St Charles Memorial Gardens Cemetery in St Charles, Missouri on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at 2:00 p.m.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.