Margaret “Delores” Aldridge of Fife Lake, Michigan died December 24, 2003 after an extended illness. Born in 1911, she was the wife of the late Hamilton Aldridge and the daughter of Mary Ellen and John Foster. Delores and her husband Hamilton were second generation owners of the family owned Springfield Tool and Die, Inc. Surviving are her three children Patricia Kipfmueller of Fife Lake and her husband, Leo; Thomas of Greenville, South Carolina, and his wife Jean and Hamilton Aldridge Jr., of Ferndale, MI. Mrs. Aldridge had 11 grandchildren, one of whom, John preceded her in death. She also had 15 great-grandchildren. A funeral Mass for Mrs. Aldridge will be held on Monday, August 2, at 10 a.m. at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Fife Lake, MI. Father Ray Cotter and Father James Barrand will be presiding. Interment will be in the church cemetery next to her husband.
