GOEBEL, Margaret Edith

GOEBEL, RILEY, QUIRIN, NACKE, BUSH, KONZ, ENGEL, HAAHR

Posted By: Lynette Edsall (email)
Date: 11/15/2007 at 10:58:25

Cherokee Chronicle Times, Monday, November 12, 2007

Margaret E. Goebel, 93, of Marcus, passed away on, Oct. 31, 2007 at Floyd Valley Hospital in Le Mars. Mass of Christian Burial was held on Nov. 5, at Holy Name Catholic Church in Marcus. Father Eugene Murray officiated.

Burial followed in the parish cemetery. There was a Rosary Service at 4 p.m., led by the Catholic Daughters of the Americas and a Scriptural Prayer Service at 7 p.m. There was also a one-hour visitation at the church prior to Mass on Monday.

Margaret Edith Goebel was born on April 8, 1914 on a farm south of Marcus, the daughter of Charles and Emma (Riley) Quirin. She attended Holy Name Catholic School and graduated from Marcus High School with the class of 1933.

On March 9, 1943 Margaret and Ray Goebel were united in marriage at Holy Name Catholic Church in Marcus. The couple farmed and raised their family south of Marcus. Ray passed away in March of 1970. In 1971 Margaret moved to Marcus where she was currently residing.

Margaret was a member of Holy Name Catholic Church in Marcus, St. Ann's Guild, Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Missionary, Medjugorie Rosary, and Senior Citizens. She was active in the lives of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and always kept up with current events. Many in the community will remember her famous banana bread that she shared with others.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Ray; four sisters and their husbands Alice and Henry Nacke, Agnes and Fred Nacke, Daria and Henry Bush, and Mary and Cletus Konz; and two brothers Lyle and Charles Quirin.

She will be lovingly remembered by her daughters Donna Engel and her husband Jim of Le Mars and Patricia Haahr and her husband Bob of Lincoln, Neb., a son Jerry Goebel and his wife Sandy of Princeton, Minn.; eight grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.