WACKER, Margaret (Lanigan) 1940-1999

LANIGAN, AHEARN, WACKER, BARKER, GRAGG, GRICOL, MCCOY, BURKE

Posted By: Connie Ellis (email)
Date: 8/30/2011 at 20:56:42

SOURCE: Waukon, Iowa WAUKON STANDARD, December 21, 1999
Contributor: Connie Ellis (Not related)

Margaret Wacker, wife of James Wacker, passed away Monday, December 20, 1999 at the Gunderson Lutheran Hospital, in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Funeral services will be held Thursday December 23 at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Waukon, Iowa.

NOTE: Margaret was the daughter of Jerome P. "Jerry" and Mary (A'Hearn) Lanigan and she had a sister, Joan Burke. Margaret's parents had preceded her in death.

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Added by D. Cunningham 2/25/2020:

Margaret Mary Wacker, 59, of Waukon, died December 20 at Gunderson Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, WI, following a brief illness. Funeral services were held Thursday, Dec. 23 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Waukon with Rev. Msgr. Ed Lechtenberg officiating. Burial was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Waukon.

Margaret was born January 28, 1940 in Waukon, the daughter of Jerome and Mary (A'Hearn) Lanigan. She graduated from St. Patrick's Catholic School in 1958 and attended Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids. On February 7, 1959 she married James Wacker at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Waukon. Margaret worked as a nurse's aid for 18 years at the Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. She was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church and active with the CCD program for many years. She enjoyed traveling, walking, bicycling, fishing, reading, studying genealogy, working in her garden with her flowers, and spending time with her grandchildren.

Margaret is preceded in death by her parents and an infant son, James Jr. Survivors include her husband James of Waukon, daughters Debra (Scott) Barker, Ferryville, WI. Colleen Gragg, Waukon, Sharon (Don) Gricol, McLoud, OK, Linda (Beau) McCoy, Hanover, MD, son Andrew Wacker, Waukon, sister Joan (Charles) Burke, DeWitt, and ten grandchildren.

Honorary casketbearers were Don Gricol, Charles Burke, David Burke, Daniel Burke, Lawrence Burke, and Mike Ferring. Casketbearers were Scott Barker, Andrew Wacker, Jeff Sommer, Joel Sommer, Darwin Schlake and Beau McCoy.

Martin's Funeral Home of Waukon was in charge of the arrangements.

Source: Waukon Standard- Wednesday, December 19, 1999
from my parents obituary collection