Margaret E. Mangold

Margaret Ellen Mangold, 84, of Sioux City passed away Sunday, May 18, 2008, surrounded by her loving family.

Services will be 10:45 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Spirit Retirement Home Chapel, with the Rev. Dennis Meinen officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery at Washington, Iowa. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m. and a 7 p.m. vigil service, at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Condolences may be sent online to www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Margaret was born Dec. 20, 1923, in What Cheer, Iowa, the daughter of Harry L. and Elizabeth (Snodgrass) Barker. She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1941, and from Grinnell College in 1947. She did post graduate studies at St. Louis University.

She married Francis E. "Frank" Mangold on Oct. 8, 1949, in Washington, Iowa. He died July 12, 2001, in Sioux City. The family moved to Sioux City in 1962. Margaret was employed by Catholic Charities as a social worker for 20 years, retiring in 1983.

She was a member of the Cathedral of the Epiphany. Margaret loved flowers, animals, sports, music and, most of all, her family.

Survivors include three sons, Greg Mangold and his wife, Elizabeth of Richfield, Minn., Jeff Mangold and his wife, Gale of Oakland, N.J., and Mark Mangold of Minneapolis, Minn.; three daughters, Cathy Harrington and her husband, Jim of Lincoln, Neb., Chris Mangold of Minneapolis, and Karen Mangold of LeCenter, Minn.; nine grandchildren, Ryan and his wife, Jen, Corey and his wife, Nikki, Molly and her husband, Will, Casey, Kelsey, Kate, Sean, Jaime and Jesse; and sisters-in-law, Helen "Sally" McClure of Washington, Iowa, and Sister Mary Janet "Mae" Mangold of Aurora, Ill.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a granddaughter, Shannon; and three brothers, Edward, Harry Jr. and Robert.

Pallbearers will be her grandchildren.

Memorials may be made in her name to Holy Spirit Retirement Home Service Club.