Maggie DeWalle
Maggie F. DeWalle, 73, of Waukon died Friday, July 31, 2020 at her home. Private family memorial services will be held at Martin-Grau Funeral Home in Waukon with Pastor Steve Campbell officiating. Burial will be at Oakland Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, August 4 at the funeral home. In consideration of concerns regarding COVID-19, social distancing and wearing of masks is encouraged. Condolences may be sent to Dewey DeWalle at 116 Fifth Avenue SW, Waukon, IA 52172.
Margaret “Maggie” Faye DeWalle was born March 17, 1947 in Salix, the daughter of Gerald and Elizabeth (Barton) Johannsen. She was baptized at Salix Community Church, attended Salix Elementary School, graduated from Westwood High School in 1965, and attended Mercy Hospital School of Radiology. After college, she worked as an x-ray technician at Floyd County Medical Center in Charles City for a short time before moving to Waukon.
July 8, 1970, she married Duane “Dewey” DeWalle in Decorah. Maggie was a librarian at Robey Memorial Library, worked at Northern Engraving, Veterans Memorial Hospital as an x-ray tech, and then did daycare for 38 years out of her home.
She was a member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Waukon, where she was active in ladies circles, choir and other church activities. Maggie also taught Sunday school and served as Sunday school superintendent, as a trustee, and on the Adboard. She loved taking care of all the children who she had babysat for over the years.
Survivors include her husband, Dewey, of Waukon; her daughters: Rachael (Troy) Kastler of Woolstock, Missy (Darin) Carolus of Waverly and Amber Hageman of Waukon; nine grandchildren: Destiny Collins, Brooke and Gunnar Grotegut, Nathan and Jordan Kastler, Brady, Dallas and Autumn Hageman, and Andrew Carolus; two great-grandchildren: Zayne and Maison Howe; and her beloved dog, George. She is preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Justina; two sisters, Marie Huot and Betty Jane Kutzner; and a brother, Dennis Johannsen.
Honorary casketbearers were Maggie’s grandchildren.
