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Margaret Opal Pierce Spies

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Birth	:	14 Jan 1910 Custer County, Nebraska, USA
Death	:	27 Jan 2015 Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Floyd Valley Cemetery, Hinton, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.6556015, -96.2514038
Description	:	Margaret Spies, 105, of Merrill, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, January 27, 2015, at Unity Point-St. Luke’s Hospital in Sioux City, Iowa. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, February 2, 2015, at the Melbourne United Methodist Church, rural Merrill, Iowa, with Pastor Kolleen Queener officiating. Interment will follow at Floyd Valley Cemetery, rural Hinton, Iowa. Visitation with the family present will be after 3:00 p.m. Sunday, February 1, 2015, at the Carlsen Funeral Home in Le Mars, followed by a 5:00 p.m. prayer service. Visitation will continue Monday morning at the church from 9:30 a.m. until service time. Margaret Opal Pierce was born... Read More	Margaret Spies, 105, of Merrill, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, January 27, 2015, at Unity Point-St. Luke’s Hospital in Sioux City, Iowa. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, February 2, 2015, at the Melbourne United Methodist Church, rural Merrill, Iowa, with Pastor Kolleen Queener officiating. Interment will follow at Floyd Valley Cemetery, rural Hinton, Iowa. Visitation with the family present will be after 3:00 p.m. Sunday, February 1, 2015, at the Carlsen Funeral Home in Le Mars, followed by a 5:00 p.m. prayer service. Visitation will continue Monday morning at the church from 9:30 a.m. until service time. Margaret Opal Pierce was born January 14, 1910 at Georgetown, Nebraska, the daughter of Herman and Anna (Smith) Pierce. When she was three months of age she moved with her parents to homestead near Wild Horse, Colorado. Though homesteading life was very difficult, she cherished these early years of her life. In 1917 the family returned to Nebraska and settled in Eddyville, Nebraska. She graduated from Eddyville High School, then went on to attend Kearney State College, Greeley State College, and Westmar College. She taught school in numerous one-room schoolhouses in Nebraska and then moved to the Merrill, Iowa, area to teach school in a Plymouth County one-room schoolhouse. She so loved teaching and expanding minds of young people. Margaret was united in marriage to Dwight Spies on June 21, 1941. They farmed the Spies family farm for 36 years before retiring and moving to Merrill in 1977. Margaret was a member of the Merrill-Melbourne United Methodist Church. She taught Sunday school for many years, until she was age 99. She was very active in the work of the church through the Melbourne United Methodist Church Women. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Sergeant Floyd Tri-State Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation Inc., the Willard Family Association, and the Hinton Garden Club. She was a past member of the Plymouth County Iowa Board of Education. She served as a Plymouth County 4-H Committee Woman, and for many years was active in the Plymouth Township Farm Bureau Women’s Group. Survivors include a sister, Betty Lemmer of Lexington, NE; two sisters-in-law, Doris Pierce of Hastings, NE, and Vivian Pierce of Ontario, OR; several nieces, nephews, and cousins; and many, many friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Herman and Anna (Smith) Pierce; her husband Dwight on April 27, 1991; her husband's parents; four brothers, Ernest, Leo, Donald, and Walter “Gene” Pierce; three sisters, Ruth Pierce, Eva Bell, and Velma Rhodes; four sisters-in-law, Georgiana Pierce, Evelyn Pierce, Fern Spies, and Ella Spies; and three brothers-in-law, Ron Rhodes, Robert Lemmer, and Leland “Shorty” Spies.

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Margaret Opal Pierce Spies's memorial is located at: Floyd Valley Cemetery, Hinton, Plymouth County, USA.
When did Margaret Opal Pierce Spies death?
Margaret Opal Pierce Spies death on 27 Jan 2015 in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.6556015
Longitude: -96.2514038

Family Members:

Parent

Herman Leo Pierce

(1888 - 1959)

LeAnna Belle “Anna” (Smith) Pierce

(1890 - 1989)

Spouse

Dwight D Spies

(1908 - 1991)

Siblings

Ruth Viola Pierce

(1908 - 1909)

Velma Louise Pierce Spellmeyer Carr Rhodes

(1913 - 1994)

Ernest Washington “Ernie” Pierce

(1915 - 1997)

Walter Eugene “Gene” Pierce

(1922 - 1999)

Betty B. Pierce Lemmer

(1924 - 2018)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Floyd Valley Cemetery
Hinton, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6556015, -96.2514038

2. Hungerford Township Cemetery
Hinton, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6124992, -96.2533035

3. Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6330950, -96.1937720

4. Stanton Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6786003, -96.1900024

5. Mathwig Wetrovsky Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6338000, -96.1723000

6. Assumption Catholic Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.7214480, -96.2583450

7. Hillside Cemetery
Merrill, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7291985, -96.2544022

8. Lincoln Cemetery
Hinton, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6053009, -96.1753006

9. Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6447560, -96.1148360

10. Liberty Perry Cemetery
Hinton, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6557999, -96.3893967

11. Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.7484000, -96.3315000

12. Saint Joseph Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.7416992, -96.3707962

13. Concordia Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.5186005, -96.2438965

14. Pleasant Valley Cemetery
Adaville, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7494011, -96.4005966

15. Memorial Cemetery
Le Mars, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7875000, -96.1504920

16. Saint Peter Cemetery
Brunsville, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8081017, -96.2767029

17. First Congregational Church of Christ Memorial Ga
Sioux City, Woodbury County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5492800, -96.4035900

18. United Church of Christ Cemetery
Sioux City, Woodbury County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5491900, -96.4041300

19. Calvary Cemetery
Le Mars, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7939000, -96.1527100

20. Union Cemetery
Remsen, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6917000, -96.0291977

21. Eberly Cemetery
Woodbury County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4822006, -96.2453003

22. Hancock Township Cemetery
Millnerville, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6124970, -96.4813510

23. Plymouth Presbyterian Cemetery
Brunsville, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8208760, -96.3318410

24. Logan Park Cemetery
Sioux City, Woodbury County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5377693, -96.4304810