Margaret Anderson

Margaret “Peggy” Anderson age 86 of Fredericksburg, Iowa, died Wednesday, November 12, 2014, at her home. A Memorial Service will be held 10:30 a.m. Wednesday November 19, 2014 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg, with Pastor Ronnie Koch presiding. Private family inurnment will take place at a later date at the Orleans Lutheran Cemetery, rural Ridgeway. Friends may greet the family 4:00 -7:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at the Hugeback - Johnson Funeral Home in Fredericksburg. Visitation continues an hour prior to the service at the church on Wednesday. Online condolences for Peggy's family may be left at hugebackfuneralhome.com Margaret “Peggy” Irene Anderson was born September 26, 1928 in Brownsdale, MN, the daughter of Ernest and Mabel (Ousterhus) Stockdale. The family moved to Chester, Iowa and Peggy finished her high school education from the Chester High School, graduating in 1947. While in high school she enjoyed playing basketball. Following graduation she made the move to Cresco, IA and worked for the Cresco Caf. While living in Cresco she met Raymond Anderson. They were married on January 25, 1951 at the Cresco Parsonage and were blessed with seven children. The couple farmed north of Ridgeway until 1974 when they moved to Fredericksburg. In Fredericksburg she worked at Meinerz Creamery/Beatrice Cheese until her retirement in 1990. Peggy was very active in her church, St. Paul's Lutheran of Fredericksburg. She enjoyed reading, gardening, flowers, feeding birds and squirrels, and cooking for friends and family. Family was always the most important thing in her life and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren gave her great joy. Peggy is survived by her children, Joan (Alan) Peter of Cresco, Anon (Susie) Anderson, Susan (Bob) Flansche, Mary (John) Woodring, Karen (Tom) Lienau, all of Fredericksburg, Wanda Anderson of Chandler, AZ; fifteen grandchildren, twenty-four great-grandchildren; one sister, Thelma Holmen of Dexter, MN; two sister-in-laws, Alice Anderson of Des Moines, IA and Joanne Stockdale of Ridgeway, IA; many nieces and nephews She was preceded in death by her husband Raymond in 2013; her parents; one son, Alan Anderson; three brothers Louie Stockdale, Vernon Stockdale, Glenn Stockdale; one sister, Evelyn Eiffler.