NORTH WASHINGTON -- Margaret M. Marion, 94, Hiawatha, formerly of North Washington, died Friday, Nov. 22, 2002 at Hiawatha Care Center, Hiawatha of natural causes.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26 at Immaculate Conception Church, North Washington with Rev. John Hemann celebrating the mass. The pall will be placed on the casket by her four children. Lector for the service will be Vincent Huegel. Music for the service will be provided by Jane Karels as organist and the Immaculate Conception Men's Choir. The offertory gifts will be presented by granddaughters Lori Petrich, Stephanie Marion and Emily Marion.

Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemelery, North Washington with Jim Marion, John Marion, Perry Petrich, Todd Lemme, Dana Lemme and Matthew Marion as pallbearers.

Visitation was from 3-8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25 a t Hugeback Funeral Home, New Hampton where there was a 4 p.m. Rosary and a 7 p.m. Scripture Service. Further visitation will be an hour prior to the funeral at the church on Tuesday.

Margaret Huegel was born May 20, 1908 on her parent's farm near North Washington, the daughter of Joseph and Lana Freidhof Huegel. She graduated from St. Mary's School, North Washington. After high school Margaret worked for a few years at the courthouse in Winona, MN. On Sept. 28, 1937 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, North Washington, she married Wendell Max Marion. The couple made. their home in North Washington. Margaret was actively involved in the early years helping Comprehensive Systems get started. She was associated with the ARC, volunteering many hours helping th£ handicapped. She also gave First Communion instruction to Catholic handicapped families. She was a long time volunteer at the former Chickasaw County Home. She was an accomplished seamstress and made all the family’s clothes, as well as spending a great amount of time in her garden providing food for the family. She was a member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Joan of Arc, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and Rosary  Society.

Survivors include two sons, John (Penny) Marion, Mt. Vernon and Jim (Mo.na) Marion, Cedar Rapids; two daughters, Joan Petrich, Chicago and Susan Marion, New Hampton; eight grandchildren; two sisters, Romana Lentz and Rita Burgart, both of New Hampton and one sister-in-law, Florentine Huegel, Ionia.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Wendell, in 1983; a son, Joseph, in 1969 and a daughter, Maryann Lemme, in 1998; a son-in-law, Michael Petrich; two brothers, beo and Leonard Huegel and four sisters, Clara Huegel, Sr. Mary Lucille Huegel, Olivia Orthaus and Lucille Nosbisch.

Source: New Hampton Tribune; Nov. 26, 2002 Page 4
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