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Margaret A. Messerly of Fort Dodge, Iowa | |
| Born: January 21, 1913 | | | | Died: February 10, 2010 | | | Visitation: February 15, 2010 - 10:00 am to 11:00 am Gunderson Funeral Chapel | | | Service: February 15, 2010 - 11:00 am Gunderson Funeral Chapel | | | | | Services: Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Monday at the Gunderson Funeral Chapel with Rev. Stephen Bibb officiating. Burial will be in North Lawn Cemetery in Fort Dodge. | | Visitation: Visitation will be from 10:00 A.M. until the time of service Monday at the Gunderson Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Fort Dodge. | | Obituary: She is survived by her sons, Harold (Bonnie) Messerly of Fort Dodge, Mark (Carolynn) Messerly of Chicago, Illinois, and her daughter, Margaret (Bud) Pastrick of Fort Dodge; 15 grandchildren and numerous great and great great grandchildren: also her sister, Betty Galbraith of Indiana. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Kenneth Messerly; daughters, Patricia Tracy and Joann Calverley; son, Robert Messerly; and three brother and three sisters.
Margaret Adeline Engelman, the daughter of David and Clara Engelman, was born January 21, 1913 at her home in Calhoun County. She attended school in Rockwell City School and in 1931 Margaret worked for S. S. Kresge Co. On August 1, 1931, Margaret married Kenneth E. Messerly in Fort Dodge. Her husband died March 27, 1987 and for the past three years Margaret has been a resided of the Fort Dodge Villa Care Center. Margaret will be well remembered for her candy making, her crafts, and her sawing.
She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Fort Dodge and a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge were she was awarded the Past Noble Grand.
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