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Margaret Eleanor Nathe

(July 20, 1928 - April 19, 2005)

Margaret E. Johnson

Margaret E. Johnson, 76, of Buffalo, died on April 19, 2005, at Campbell County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held April 22 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church with Father George VonKaenel officiating. Private family interment will be in Sauk Centre Township, at the Calvary Cemetery.

Margaret Eleanor Johnson was born on July 20, 1928, in Lake Henry, Minn., to Theodore and Rose Nathe. She received her teaching degree from St. Cloud State. She then taught third and fourth grades in Ely, Sauk Centre, and Alexandria, Minn. Marge married David Johnson in Sauk Centre in 1956. After David graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Doctorate of Dentistry in 1962 they moved to Browerville, Minn., where they practiced until 1969. They relocated to Alexandria, Minn., where they practiced until 1978 and then moved to Buffalo where they owned and operated a Dental Clinic, until they retired in 1996. Marge continued to reside in Buffalo until the time of her death. She enjoyed her garden and spending time with her friends and church family. Marge was an avid golfer, loved to fish and most of all loved her family and grandchildren.

She is survived by one son, Keith (Deb) Johnson of Gillette; one daughter, Julie (Jose) Sama of Seattle, Wash.; three brothers, Ralph (Joanne) Nathe of Sauk Centre, Lambert (Verena) Nathe, Sauk Centre, and Willy (Eileen) Nathe of Zimmerman; three sisters, Sally Zirbes of Sauk Centre, Kathy (Jerry) Weyland of Brooklyn Center, and Arlene (Pete) Schroeder of Lino Lakes; and five grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, one brother Herman Nathe, and two sisters, Irene Rugloski and Mildred Zirbes.

Donations may be made in Marge's memory to the American Cancer Society or the St. Johns Foundation in care of the Adams Funeral Home; 351 N, Buffalo, WY 82834

Events

BirthJuly 20, 1928Lake Henry, MN
Marriage1956Sauk Centre, Stearns Co., MN - David Johnson
DeathApril 19, 2005Buffalo, MN

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