JORDAHL, Margaret Serina 1907-2003

JORDAHL, KNUDTSON, OLSON

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/13/2009 at 21:39:34

ST. ANSGAR, IOWA — Margaret Serina Jordahl, 96, of St. Ansgar, died Thursday (Dec. 18, 2003) at the Good Samaritan Center in St. Ansgar.

Funeral service will be 1:30 p.m. today at the First Lutheran Church in St. Ansgar with the Rev. Robert Porisch officiating. Burial will be at the First Lutheran Cemetery.

Margaret was born August 2, 1907, at McCallsburg, Iowa, to Pernelle (Knudtson) and Martin Olson. She graduated from Lake Preston, S.D. and attended Eastern State Teachers College in Madison, N.D. She taught in rural schools for several years and at Rake, Iowa, for three years.

While teaching at Rake, she met and married Joseph S. Jordahl on April 21, 1935. She taught in Mitchell for four years and then in St. Ansgar for 20 years, retiring in 1972.

Margaret was an avid reader. Her greatest joy was sharing her love for reading with her students and grandchildren.

Crafting and knitting were her favorite pastimes. Her grandchildren and great-grand-children remember her for her story telling and her poetry.

She belonged to Circle at First Lutheran and IC Club. She was a longtime member of the Iowa State Teachers Association and after retir-ing, the Cedar Valley Retired Teachers.

She is survived by her daughter-in-law, Gloria Jordahl; granddaughter, Kari and husband, David Fomon, of Coralville; grandson, Erik of Bettendorf; great-grandchildren, Joshua and Kristin Fomon, Taylor and Nicholas Jordahl; and several nieces and nephews.

Margaret was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph; her son, Jerry; three brothers, one sister and one niece.

Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, St. Ansgar is in charge of arrangements.

Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, (641) 713-4920.

[Mason City Globe Gazette - Dec 20, 2003]

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