EICHINGER, Margaret Mary JOHNSTON)

JOHNSTON, EICHINGER, GALLAGHER, PATRICK, CAVANAUGH

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 8/29/2016 at 03:46:12

Obituary ~ Margaret Mary (Johnston) Eichinger
April 29, 1922 ~ March 26, 2011

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

Margaret Mary (Johnston) Eichinger, 88 years, 11 months of Mason City, died Saturday, March 26, 2011, at the Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.

A funeral mass for Margaret will be held at 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at the St. Joseph Catholic Church, 302-5th Street SE, Mason City, with Reverend Craig Steimel officiating. Burial will be in the Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery in Mason City. Visitation will be held from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday with a scriptural wake service at 6:00 P.M. followed by a Rosary on Tuesday at the Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, 126-3rd Street NE, Mason City.

The family of Margaret’s has requested that those wishes to give a memorial in her memory may wish to consider memorial contributions be made to St. Joseph Catholic Church in Mason City, American Heart Association or to the Holden Cancer Center in Iowa City in her memory.

Margaret Mary Johnston was born on April 29, 1922, in Benson, Minnesota. The daughter of John and Mary (Gallagher) Johnston. During the great depression of the 1930s, John and Mary moved with their two children, Margaret and Connell, to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Margaret attended schools in Minneapolis and was a beauty operator during WW II.

When war ended, Margaret met a returning Ship's Pharmacist's Mate, Richard E. Eichinger (Dick) who was employed at a local drug store. They married February 28th, 1946 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Their first two sons, Daniel and Harry, were born in Minneapolis. Dick then obtained employment with Abbott Laboratories Pharmaceutical Company. This required Margaret and Dick to move to Galesburg, Illinois, where daughter Anita, was born. Margaret and Dick always wanted to be closer to Minneapolis so Abbott transferred the family to Waterloo, Iowa, where their third son, Richard was born. Eventually Margaret and Dick were transferred by Abbott to Mason City, where they retired.

Margaret was a stay at home Mom until her four children were in high school. Margaret then worked many years at Penny's and Bergo's Clothiers in the boy's department. In the early retirement years , Margaret and Dick traveled with a travel trailer across the United States. Health issues retired their travels and they resided full time in Mason City.

Dick preceded Margaret in death on March 14, 2000, after fifty-four wonderful years of marriage. Later in 2000, Margaret was preceded in death by her brother, Connell.

Margaret is survived by her four children, Dan (Linda) Eichinger, Marion, Iowa; Harry Eichinger, Mason City; Anita (George) Patrick Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio; and Richard (Jean) Eichinger, Tucson, Arizona. Margaret is also survived by her grandchildren, Dan's children Paul Eichinger, San Diego, California and Mark (Theresa) Eichinger, Marion, Iowa. Anita's son, Dr. Wesley (Miki) Cavanaugh, Lafayette, Colorado, and Richard's children, Jason Eichinger, Atlanta, Georgia and Stacie Eichinger, Tucson Arizona. Margaret is also survived by four great-grandchildren, Mark and Theresa's children, Michael, Ellissa, Vivian and Samantha. Margaret is also survived by a nephew, David (Patty) Eichinger, Fridley, Minnesota and her sister-in-law, Dorothy Johnston, Andover, Minnesota and Dorothy's children Carol (Gary) Grover and Connell Johnston Jr. "Family", also are Margaret's 'Church Angels', St. Joseph Church Ministry, who visited Margaret with Holy Communion, each week for 10 years.

Memorial donations can be made to: St. Joseph Catholic Church in Mason City, American Heart Association, or to the Holden Cancer Center in Iowa City in her memory.

Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel: (641) 423-2372 www.colonialchapels.com

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, August of 2016

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