OBITUARY
Margaret Coe Ridgway passed on January 4. 2026 at Brayden Park Assisted Living in San Angelo. She was 100 years old.
Born February 18, 1925, in Haverford, PA to Frank C. Coe and Margaret Seippel Coe. She grew up in Philadelphia with her older sister Mary Caroline. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College and Married Thomas William Ridgway on February 1, 1947.
She and Tom moved to Texas after the birth of their daughter Susan, and worked for the Jax Cowden family in the operation of Cowden Gardens on the Old San Antonio Highway in San Angelo.
Tom and Maggie bought Cowden Gardens in the early 1950s and renamed it Concho Gardens. Not long after their purchase they moved to a new location at 20 South Irving, on the ground floor of The Saint Angelus Hotel. They renamed the business Tom Ridgway Florist and operated from that location for many years.
In 1956, she and Tom had a son, Tommy, and eight years later moved the business to 402 Koberlin St., and opened a much larger store with greenhouses. Tom Ridgway Florist and Greenhouses sold in 2011 and was in the top five percent of flower shops in the nation in sales volume.
Maggie was a past member of the Junior League Garden Clubs, Saint Catherine’s Guild and Altar Guild at Emmanuel Episcopal Church.
She is survived by her son Tom Ridgway Jr., his wife Janet, their daughters Katherine, Victoria and her husband Jacob and Madeline. Also, her Grandchildren Lorrie Scholl, her husband David and their children Will Scholl and his wife Shelby and Ben Scholl. Mary Margaret Khan and her husband Ray. Will Wilson and his wife Romy and their daughter Celina.
Maggie was preceded in death by her parents Frank and Margaret Coe, her husband Tom Ridgway Sr., and her daughter Susan Ridgway Wilson.
She was buried in Fairmount Cemetery on the family plot in the Garden of St. Francis.
The family would like to thank our community of friends and acquaintances who cared for and offered prayers for our Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother.
Grace and Peace Be With You All!
— From Harper Funeral Home
