Margaret Lamkin

Margaret Slowey Lamkin, 95, of Sioux City died Friday, August 18, 2017, at her residence.

Memorial services will be 11 a.m., Tuesday, August 22, 2017, at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel (3220 Stone Park Blvd.).  Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home with a Rosary at 4 p.m. by the Catholic Daughters of the Americas.  Online condolences may be expressed at www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Born June 17, 1922, in Yankton, SD, daughter of Charles Slowey and Helen Irene Anderst. The family moved to Sioux City in 1930. Margaret graduated from East High School midyear 1940, and from Morningside College in midyear 1943.

She married Romain (Eddie) Lamkin, May 23, 1942 at Immaculate Conception Church. The couple have three children. He died in 2005.

Margaret was an energetic homemaker. She also worked as a caseworker for the State of Iowa Department of Social Services from 1950-1953, then returned as a caseworker for Aid to Dependent Children in 1977. She retired in 1985.

She was an active member of Blessed Sacrament Church, St Therese Study Club, Catholic Daughters, Sioux City Federated Women’s Club, life member for the Senior Center, and a past member of the Sioux City Boat Club and Dakota Dunes Golf Club.

Margaret enjoyed volunteering with the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, was on the first Red Cross Disaster Team, was a literacy tutor for adults through a Western Iowa Tech program, was a long time reading aide for second graders at Bryant School, and a ten-year Hospice volunteer. She sponsored two children in Guatemala and most recently, a young Kenyan girl through the Unbound program.

She is survived by her three children, Mark (Cindy) Lamkin, Glendale, AZ; Charles Lamkin, Overland Park, KS; and Rita Pat (John) Hendrickson, Rochester, MN; ten grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers Charles (Chuck) Slowey and Donald Slowey, and sister Rita (Slowey) Taylor.

Memorials may be directed to the Blessed Sacrament School Endowment Fund.