Margaret Halverson

Margaret M. “Marge” Halverson, 91, of Lansing died Friday, April 27, 2018 at Thornton Manor in Lansing. Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 2 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Lansing with Rev. John Moser as the Celebrant. Interment will be at Gethsemane Cemetery, Lansing. Friends may call Tuesday, May 1 from 4-7 p.m. at the Thornburg-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Lansing, where there will be a 4 p.m. Scripture Service.

Margaret Halverson was born April 29, 1926 at Lansing to William and Gertrude (Strub) Troendle. Marge received her education in the Lansing area, attending a country school on Faegre Prairie Road and Immaculate Conception School. She lived all of her life in the Lansing area where she farmed, bartended and worked as a nurse’s aide at Thornton Manor. In 1943, Marge married Raymond Hammell, and she married Wendell Halverson in 1978.

She is survived by her children, Kenneth (Hazel) Hammell of Wapello, Carolyn (Steven) Thorsten of Lansing, Dorothy (Tom) Schwartzhoff of Lansing, Shirley (Mike) Fink of New Albin, Kathryn (Joe) Colvin of Ft. Scott, KS, Mark (Renee) Hammell of Dorchester, Mary (Craig) Sand of Lansing, Elizabeth (Timothy) Fish of Waukon and Gerald (Deb) Hammell of La Crosse, WI; two daughters-in-law, Margaret Hammell of La Crosse, WI and Cindy Hammell of Lansing; 32 grandchildren; 66 great-grandchildren; nine great-great-grandchildren; her sisters-in-law, Mary Lou Troendle of Phoenix, AZ, Carol Schaefer of Lansing, Mary Troendle of Waukon, Shirley (Jay) Sherburne of Viroqua, WI, Margaret Blake of Dorchester, Betty (Walter) Hammell of Caledonia, MN; and two step-children, Larry (Sonja) Halverson and Janet (Bill Aassen), both of Viroqua, WI.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands; three children, Cornelius Hammell, Virginia Hammell and Roger Hammell; two granddaughters, Theresa Hammell and Catherine Sand; three brothers, Cletus, Irvin and William Jr. Troendle; and four sons-in-law, Thomas Schwartzhoff, Bill Erickson, Joseph Colvin and Vernon Kukes.

Margaret Halverson was truly a pillar of love and faith for her family who adored her. Those who knew her, know that she was a woman who was all at once strong and tender, whose blue eyes sparkled when she laughed. Margaret’s nature was that of a caregiver and until the day she passed, she continued to care deeply for those around her.

Thornburg-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Lansing is assisting the family with arrangements.