Margaret Callahan, 85

 

July 27, 1931 —
 April 14, 2017
 
CRESCO -  Margaret D. Callahan, age 85, longtime resident of Cresco, Iowa passed away peacefully, on Friday, April 14, 2017 at Hawkeye Care Center in Cresco, after complications from strokes. She was surrounded by her family.
Funeral service will be held at 12 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at Hindt-Hudek Funeral Home in Cresco, with Pastor Mike Simiele officiating. Burial will be in Oak Lawn Cemetery in Cresco.  Visitation will be held from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the North Iowa Humane Society or the National Stroke Association.
Margaret was born at home July 27, 1931 to Claude and Bessie (Falck) Bronner in Hesper Township, Winneshiek County. She was the second of eight children.
Margaret married the love of her life, William Henry Callahan, on Jan. 21, 1955 at First Lutheran Church in Cresco. Together they had four children.
Margaret enjoyed rummage sales, flea markets, her many television programs and any time laughing with her family. She also loved watching birds out her living room window. She enjoyed the love of many pets that she rescued throughout her life. She was a supporter of the North Iowa Humane Society. Margaret will be taking the ashes of three of her beloved pets with her to comfort her in eternal peace. Her recent years were filled with great-grandchildren and grandpuppies and the comfort and peace of knowing, “I’m in God’s hands.”
She is survived by her children, Peggy Callahan of Cresco, Bill C. Callahan of Cresco, Vicki Callahan of Mason City, Iowa and Jane (Doug Zavitka) Callahan of Cresco; her grandchildren, Andrew (Amanda) Rink of Lake Zurich, Ill., Amanda (Cody) Stockdale of Cresco, and Jessica (Joshua) Kalvig of Barrow, Alaska; great-grandchildren, Charlie and Eli Rink, Dash Stockdale and Olivia Margaret Kalvig; sisters, Shirley (Al) Skoda of Cresco, Claudette (George) Cable of Cedar Falls, Iowa, Joyce Kach of Hiawatha, Iowa, and Bonnie (Jerome) Samec of Manly, Iowa; and many nieces and nephews.
Margaret was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, William in 1996; brothers, Robert C. Bronner and Charles “Chuck” Bronner; a sister and brother-in-law, Doris and Merlin Heimerdinger; four great-nephews; and a great-niece.

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