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Margaret Swiers Reed

Birth	:	8 Feb 1919 Douds, Van Buren County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	27 Jan 2012 Keosauqua, Van Buren County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Purdom Cemetery, Keosauqua, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.7275009, -91.9753036
Plot	:	Section 1, Row 80
Description	:	Margaret Rambo Reed, 92, of Keosauqua, died at 8:30 am Jan. 27, 2012, at Good Samaritan Society-Van Buren, Keosauqua. She was born Feb. 8, 1919, near Douds to Leslie and Mary Dunshee Swiers. She married Monte Rambo Feb. 4, 1939, at Mewmphis, Mo. He died in a car-train accident in Ft. Madison Dec. 26, 1948. She married Robert O. Reed Feb. 23, 1950, in Keosauqua. He died March 26, 1989. Margaret graduated from Douds High School in 1936. Later in life she attended nursing school in Ottumwa, became a Licensed Practical Nurse and worked at Van Buren... Read More	Margaret Rambo Reed, 92, of Keosauqua, died at 8:30 am Jan. 27, 2012, at Good Samaritan Society-Van Buren, Keosauqua. She was born Feb. 8, 1919, near Douds to Leslie and Mary Dunshee Swiers. She married Monte Rambo Feb. 4, 1939, at Mewmphis, Mo. He died in a car-train accident in Ft. Madison Dec. 26, 1948. She married Robert O. Reed Feb. 23, 1950, in Keosauqua. He died March 26, 1989. Margaret graduated from Douds High School in 1936. Later in life she attended nursing school in Ottumwa, became a Licensed Practical Nurse and worked at Van Buren County Hospital and Van Buren Good Samaritan Center, Keosauqua. She and her husbands farmed, and with Mr. Reed she operated a furniture and paint store in Keosauqua. She lived on the Rambo family farm near Keosauqua until moving to Village Terrace assisted living in 2006, and she entered Good Samaritan Center in 2010. She was a member of Beer-Barker Unit 113, American Legian Auxiliary and had been a member of Keosauqua Congregational Church Ladies Group. Surviving are six children, Scott(Nadine)Rambo and Rex(Susan)Rambo of Keosauqua, Laura(Norman)Dodds of Stockport, Kay(Thomas)Stroehle and Mary Zobac of Glendale, Ariz., and Roberta Donald(John)of Mokena, Ill.; 16 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. In addition to her husbands, she was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Richard and Joseph Swiers; a sister, Patti Cantrell; and a son-in-law, Karl Zobac. Funeral services will be at 2 pm Tuesday at Pedrick Funeral Home, Keosauqua; with Rev. Harold Schnedler officiating. Burial will be in Purdon Cemetery, Keosauqua. Visitation will be from 4-7 pm Monday at the funeral home. There will be no family visitation. Memorials to Good Samaritan Society-Van Buren.

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Margaret Swiers Reed death on 27 Jan 2012 in Keosauqua, Van Buren County, Iowa, USA
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Longitude: -91.9753036

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Kenneth Monte “Monte” Rambo

(1917 - 1948)

Robert Oscar Reed

(1919 - 1989)

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