The Rev. Margaret Odell, 94, died May 28, 2007, following a stroke. She served congregations as a religious educator in Wellesley Hills, and Worcester, MA; Germantown, PA; Princeton, NJ; Alexandria and Reston, VA; and Columbia, MD, where she was named minister emerita in 1983. She was educational consultant in the Ohio-Meadville District 1968-1977. She participated in organizing the Liberal Education Directors Association and served as LREDA president from 1953-1955. In 1974 she was awarded the Angus MacLean award for excellence in religious education. A memorial service was held at the UU Congregation of Columbia on July 8.