Madsen, Margaret (Fank) (1926-2015)

MADSEN, FANK, BARTLESON, VOLD, GROTHE, RINGHAM, PLEVA, RUITER, LEIN, JONES, NORTHRUP, BARTLESON, ROSS, KAYLOR, FLESCHE, WITMER

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 8/28/2015 at 18:04:31

Margaret (Fank) Madsen
July 7, 1926 - July 29, 2015

Margaret (Fank) Madsen, 89, of Forest City, died on Wednesday, July 29, 2015, in her home.

Margaret Fank, a daughter of Olaf and Anna (Vold) Bartleson, was born on July 7, 1926, in Forest City, Iowa. She attended Forest City Schools and then married Joseph Charles Fank on June 13, 1942. To this union, seven children were born.

Margaret worked for Coca-Cola and Winnebago Industries in her younger years and then operated the Bullpen Café in Forest City for a few years before working at the Super-Value meat counter in Britt. Before they divorced, she was married to Henry Madsen for thirteen years. Later on, he died.

Well known for her special cinnamon rolls, bread, and homemade dinner rolls, Margaret enjoyed baking and cooking for her family on Sundays. She loved having family and friends around and always enjoyed a good conversation. She had a great sense of humor and played practical jokes on co-workers and friends. She, also, liked gardening. In addition, she made Afghans, many for her grandchildren and many that she donated to Veterans and other organizations. Margaret will be dearly missed by those who knew and loved her.

Margaret is survived by her seven children, Josephine Grothe, and her husband, Jim, Lula Ringham, John Fank, and his wife, Sharon, James Fank, and his wife, Jolene, Susan Pleva, and her husband, Mark, Barb Ruiter, and her husband, Barney, and Patricia Lein (Sheldon Olson); twenty-three grandchildren; twenty-six great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Joseph Fank, in 1983; five grandchildren, Anthony Grothe; Scott, Christie, and Rhonda Jones; and Charles Ruiter; one son-in-law; eight siblings, Myrtle Northrup, Paul Bartleson, Gena Ross, Olga Kaylor, Carrie Flesche, Clara Witmer, and Arthur and Donald Bartleson; as well as by numerous other family members.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Saturday, August 1, 2015, at St. James Catholic Church in Forest City with Fr. Paul Lippstock officiating. Burial will follow at St. Patrick’s Cemetery in Britt. Visitation will take place from 4:00 to 7:00 P.M., Friday, July 31, 2015, at the Cataldo Schott Funeral Home, 505 N. Clark St., Forest City, with a scriptural wake service at 7:00 P.M. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Margaret (Fank) Madsen memorial fund in care of the family.

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