Margaret June (Madison) RISDON

RISDON, FARMER, MADISON, TURNER, GRIMM, BAERG, FOLKMANN, PIERCE, FREEMAN, GILLESPIE, CRANSTON, DANSKIN, MOHR

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 6/25/2016 at 12:06:41

June 22, 1924 ----- June 23, 2016

Funeral service for Margaret J. “Marne” Risdon, 92, Marengo, was held at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 26, at the Victor Baptist Church, Victor. She died Thursday, June 23, 2016, at Rose Haven Nursing Home, Marengo. The Rev. Dan Andrews officiated at the service. Burial was in the Ohio Cemetery, rural Ladora. Memorials may be made to For The Nations Refugee Outreach, c/o Victor Baptist Church. Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo, was in charge of arrangements.

Margaret June Risdon was born June 22, 1924, in Goldfield, the daughter of Fred and Lucy Farmer Madison. At a very early age, she and her family moved to Marengo and she graduated with the Marengo High School class of 1942. She married C. Dale Risdon Oct. 30, 1942, at the Ohio Methodist parsonage, rural Ladora. The couple were married for 49 years. He died in 1992.

She was a wonderful, caring wife and mother who enjoyed sewing, gardening, cooking and baking. She also enjoyed reading, composing poetry and letter writing. Visiting with family and friends was a favorite pastime. Most of all, she loved her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and looked forward to her visits and adventures with them.

She taught Sunday school in earlier years and shared her faith with Bible study and prayer time with the residents and staff at Rose Haven. She was cherished and loved and will be missed by all who knew her. She is now at home in Heaven and rejoicing in His presence.

The family extends a heartfelt thank-you to the staff at Rose Haven Nursing Home and Essence of Life Hospice for the kind and compassionate care that was provided to Mom during her time in their care.

Risdon is survived by her children, Cheryl (Gary) Turner, Birmingham, Ala.; Vicky (Alan) Grimm, North English; Coreen Baerg, Williamsburg; James (Becky) Risdon, Marengo, and Shelley (Kenny) Folkmann, Marengo; 17 grandchildren, Bart and Heath Turner, Tiffany Pierce, Jon and Doug Grimm, Camia Post, Andy, Danielle, Tom and Josh Baerg, Sarah, Matt and Megan Risdon, Jason, Tyler, Ryan and Nate Folkmann; 30 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; one brother, Fred Madison, Eagle Grove, and three sisters, Marian Freeman, Plattsburg, Mo.; Joann Gillespie, Chatfield, Minn., and Donnarae Cranston, Grundy Center. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, James Madison, and two sisters, Arleen Danskin and Berniece Mohr.

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