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Note: ate reader, sewer, lover of dolls, figurines, and stuffed animals. She also loved plants and kept an active flower garden and a houseful of African violets. Margaret was born in Owatonna, Minnesota where her parents lived with her grandparents. Her two siblings were also born there. When Margaret was seven, her family moved to Minneapolis where her father established a grocery business. Margaret graduated from Minneapolis North High School in 1934 where she was a member of the National Honor Society. She received a scholarship and attended Macalester College for one year. She then lived with and cared for her grandmother Hannah in Owatonna for three years before marrying Ray in 1939. She dedicated her life to her four children and her church. She was a Sunday School teacher for most of her life, usually working with the pre-schoolers. It was always a joy watching her students give their singing performances. 'Jesus Loves the Little Children' was always on the program. The family lived in Plainview, Minnesota for four years and Mankato, Minnesota for 18 years before returning to the home of her youth on Irving Ave N. in Minneapolis in 1962. Ray and Margaret lived at 4501 Chatelain Terrace in Golden Valley, Minnesota for 30 years from 1966 until they moved to Brightondale assisted living apartments in 1996. Margaret suffered a major stroke in late 1986 which together with progressing arthritis caused her last years to be painful. In October 1999 Margaret moved to North Ridge Care Center in New Hope, Minnesota where she passed away from pneumonia in January 2000. Her funeral service was at Edinbrook Church in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.
Note: Homemaker, education advocate, Sunday and Bible School teacher, impassion
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