5:27 p.m., July 26, 2006--Margaret Katherine Ferger, 21, of Webster Groves, Mo., died July 23.

Ms. Ferger was a UD senior majoring in art history.

In 2005, she received the Arts and Humanities Scholarship, awarded based on academic performance to students majoring in history and art history.

Lawrence Nees, professor of art history, said, "Maggie was a serious and dedicated student who was looking forward to a challenging senior year and to preparing for graduate school."

Mary Ruth Warner, instructor in women's studies, said she was "mature beyond her years," adding "She was sophisticated and poised, with a brilliant mind and sharp analytical skills. She was the perfect student."

"Maggie was easily the most responsible, thoughtful, mature and brilliant student I had last semester in what turned out to be a very contentious class, 'Art of the Black and African Diaspora,'" Ikem Okoye, assistant professor of art history, said. "The quality of her contributions to the class, as well as her sensitivity to the often opposing views of her peers distinguished her from others."

She is survived by parents, Kim and Art Lloyd and Jeff Ferger and Jeanne Cashman; sisters Ellen Ferger and Lisa Sasser, and brothers, Daniel Lloyd, Christopher and Patrick Clark and Jonathan Jory; grandmothers Ruth Lottmann and Rebecca Jane Ferger; and aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m., Friday, July 28, at C.O.C.A., 524 Trinity, St. Louis, Mo.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to Cottonwood Gulch Foundation, P.O. Box 3915, Albuquerque, NM 87190-3915.

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