Margaret C. Rewinkel

Margaret Rewinkel, 97, of Homer, passed away peacefully on Thursday,
September 30, 2021 in Goodyear, Arizona.

  Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, October 16 at St.
Paul's Lutheran Church in Homer with Vicar David Hawkins officiating.
Visitation with the family will be one hour prior to the service, at
the church.  Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City.

  Margaret was born October 30, 1923, in rural Homer.  She was the
daughter of Rasmus and Olga (Frederiksen) Nelsen.  Margaret attended
country school until 7th grade, then attended Homer High School.
After graduation, she worked at the hospital in Homer before moving to
Newell, IA, where she worked in the bakery.  Later she moved to South
Sioux City and worked as a clerk at the County Courthouse in Dakota
City.

  On March 7, 1947, she married Milford Rewinkel in Sioux City.  They
lived in South Sioux City until 1953, when they moved to Homer and
raised five children.  Margaret loved spending time with her family,
as well as traveling, baking, playing games, and tending to her many
plants and flowers.

  Survivors include her five children, Darrell (Sally) of Phoenix, AZ;
Wayne (Trish) of Scottsdale, AZ; Randy (LeAnn) of Omaha, NE; Kim
(Diane) of Homer, NE; and Cindy (Raymond) of Goodyear, AZ; 10
grandchildren, Stephanie, David, Jason, Ray, Matt, Pat, Aaron, Alisha,
Jacob, and Kristin; and 11 great-grandchildren, Katie, Brighton, Finn,
Ella, Briley, Garrett, Amira, Brayden, Hunter, Pacyn, and Lucas.

  She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; her brother,
Harold; her three sisters, Carolyn, Vivian, and Verna; and her
grandson, Tim.