MRS. FREDERIC SPEDDEN

Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

TUXEDO PARK, N. Y., Feb. 10---Mrs. Margaretta C. Spedden died in her home here today after a brief illness. She was 78 years old. Mrs.Spedden was the widow of Frederic O. Spedden, who died two years ago. They had been prominent members of the Tuxedo colony since 1906.

Mr. and Mrs. Spedden and their son, an only child, were survivors of the Titanic sinking. Their son was killed a few years later by an automobile at their summer camp in Maine.