Madeline I. McCracken 1912-2018
MCCRACKEN, PERKINS, REHKOPF, BOLTON, MEISTER, FIELD, FLEMING
Posted By: Volunteer Rich Lowe
Date: 5/6/2018 at 09:21:34
Madeline I. McCracken was born September 13, 1912, to Albert Lee and Emily Perkins Rehkopf near Stockport, IA, and passed away on January 30, 2018. Cremation has been entrusted to Croxford Funeral Home.
Madeline graduated from Stockport High School in 1930, then attended Parsons College in Fairfield, IA, to obtain her teaching certificate. She taught for two years in her rural home school.
On April 26, 1933, she and Stuart B. McCracken were married at the home of her parents. Two children, a daughter, Beverly Brooks, and one son, Bryce Stuart, were born to them. Stuart was rural teacher for nine years and then went on to work for the government. His work took them to two places in Iowa, North and South Dakota, Colorado, and Montana.
In 1964 Madeline became a member of First United Methodist Church in Great Falls, and she held several offices for United Methodist Women and worked wherever she was needed for as long as she was able. She faithfully attended church and was Grandmother of the Year in 1985.
She was preceded in death by her husband Stuart, and son, Bryce, both in 1999; daughter, Beverly in 2004; daughter-in-law, Vicki, in 2008; parents Albert and Emily; one brother, Floyds Rehkopf, and nephew, Richard Rehkopf.
Madeline is survived in passing by four loving grandchildren, Shannon (Barbara) Bolton of Lolo, MT, Jeffrey (Karen) Bolton of Sierra Vista, AZ, Valerie (Matt) Meister of Vancouver, WA, and Mark McCracken of Great Falls, MT; five loving great-grandchildren, Jennifer, Jaimie, Madison, Paul, Nathan; two sons-in-law, Sam Bolton and Richard Field; eight great-great-grandchildren, Noel, Ivy, Lia, Cerriahua, Ezra, Gretchen, Soren, and Britt; one niece, Etta Marlene Fleming, and many other relatives and friends.
Source: Van Buren County Register, Keosauqua, IA; 1 Mar 2018
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