Margaret Zeigler, 77, of Clarion, passed away on Saturday, September 25, 2021.
A private graveside service for immediate family only will be held.
Margaret Ann Hanson was born March 29, 1944 to Elmer and Dorothy (O'Brien)
Hanson in Belmond, Iowa. She was raised and educated in Kanawha, graduated from
Kanawha High School and attended junior college in Eagle Grove.
Margaret was united in marriage to David Elmer Zeigler at Kanawha Lutheran
Church on December 20, 1963. The couple made their home in Kanawha until moving
to Clarence, Iowa in 1971. The family relocated to Clarion in 1992.
Margaret was a lifelong Lutheran, having been baptized, confirmed and married at
Kanawha Lutheran Church. She was most recently a member of First Lutheran Church
in Clarion.
Margaret worked at Farmers State Bank in Kanawha and at Remington's grocery
store while the family lived in Clarence. Mostly, she was concerned with raising
and caring for her family.
Margaret was a longtime volunteer at the Iowa Specialty Hospital gift shop in
Clarion. She was a member of the Goldfield Lake Lutheran Sew Ladies where she
helped sew and distribute quilts for a number of charitable organizations and
enjoyed helping pack Christmas baskets with the Holmes Christmas Club. Margaret
was particularly passionate about blood donation.
Margaret and David enjoyed spending time, both on day trips to visit family in
Iowa and on longer trips to Oregon, where she was known to work alongside son
Rob at the Oregon Rain Soap company. She loved spending time on the beach,
listening to the ocean waves or watching the clouds and picking out shapes. She
was also an avid reader and spent time working on jigsaw puzzles.
Margaret was known as a do-er, if she saw something that needed to be done, she
just did it, often before anyone else noticed it was necessary.
Margaret is survived by her husband, David Zeigler of Clarion; children Rob
(Johnna) Zeigler of Sherwood, Oregon and Nancy (Patrick Martin) Zeigler of
Clarence; grandchildren Adam Jones of Cedar Rapids, Holli (fiancé Chandler Noe)
Jones of Polk City, Kyle (Katie) McAnnis of Dundee, Oregon, Katie McAnnis of
Lebanon, Oregon, Casey (Courtney) Hack of Solon, Iowa, Jamie (Rian) Martin of
Clarence, Ryan (Amanda) Martin of Cedar Rapids, Jasan (Missy) Martin of Clarence
and Kailee Martin of Muscatine, Iowa; sister Kathryn Leonard of Austin, Texas;
sisters-in-law Hazel Wood of Garner, Mary Zeigler of Kanawha, Mardell Meyer of
Belmond, Joyce Zeigler of Estherville, Joan (Charlie) Boeck of Denison;
brothers-in-law Lyle (Dawn) Zeigler of Kanawha and Merlin (Marilyn) Zeigler of
Gilbert; along with numerous nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends.
Margaret was preceded in death by her parents; her brother Robert L. Hanson; and
brothers-in-law James Zeigler, Wayne Zeigler, Eugene Wood and Gary Meyer.
In lieu of flowers, Margaret's family suggests memorial donations be made to the
Goldfield Lake Lutheran Sew Ladies, c/o Ewing Funeral Home, P.O. Box 363,
Clarion, Iowa, 50525.