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Margaret Delphia (Delle) Mackenzie Moffett was the daughter of Rachel Geraldine (Blanchard)'02 and Harold B. Mackenzie Sr. '09 and granddaughter of Charlesand Mary (Milligan) Blanchard. Upon graduating from Wheaton College'38 she married Howard Fergus Moffett '39 and the couple first served inChina followed by 45 years in Korea (1948-1993) where Dr. Moffettpracticed medicine and was the Superintendentof the Dongsan Hospital in Taegu, now in the Republic ofKorea. Delle assisted Howard with the quarterly Newsletters andnever-ending correspondence necessary to raise funds for the hospital, nursingschool, leprosarium and satellite hospitals.  The Moffetts were honoredwith the Wheaton Alumni Association's Distinguished Service to Society award in 1962 as "medicalmissionaries and evangelists." Delle and Howard had four children: Howard MackenzieMoffett(Skip), Charles (Charlie) Blanchard Moffett '68, Marilyn Moffett Taylor and Samuel McCune Moffett'73. She was predeceased by brothers John, Bob, Bruce, Richard (Alec) and asister, Jean Airhart. Moffett passed away on January 20,2010 in Santa Barbara, CA at age 94.
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