* Lillian Margulies; Historical Society Leader

Lillian Margulies, who served as president of the Encino Historical Society and volunteered as a docent at the Los Encinos State Historical Park for 10 years, has died in a Tarzana hospital. She was 69.

A longtime resident of Encino, Mrs. Margulies died Jan. 12 of liver failure, said her son, Lee Margulies.

Born Lillian Parton on March 18, 1921, in Salt Lake City, she came to California in 1947 and settled in the San Fernando Valley. She served as president of the Encino Historical Society in 1976 and 1977. As a docent at the Los Encinos State Historical Park from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, she helped enhance the appearance of the park’s 1849 adobe with hanging plants and potted plants along the edge of the porch and on the windowsills. Mrs. Margulies had been a Cub Scout den mother in Van Nuys during the late 1950s and was a member of a bowling league in Encino in the 1960s and 1970s.

She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Stan Margulies of Encino; sons Lee Margulies of Newhall and Ed Margulies of Culver City; daughter Lisa Margulies-Chadwick of Arroyo Grande, Calif.; brother Cliff Parton of Midvale, Utah, and four grandchildren.

Services were private. The Neptune Society in Burbank handled the arrangements. Donations can be made in Mrs. Margulies’ name to the TreePeople or a charity of the donor’s choice.