Margaret M. Hatting, 87, Luverne, died Sunday, Dec. 29, 2002, in Luverne Community Hospital.
Services were Thursday, Jan. 2, at St. Catherine Catholic Church in Luverne. The Rev. Andrew Beerman officiated. Burial was in the parish cemetery.
Margaret Roth was born to Joseph A. and Catherine M. (Winkle) Roth on Sept. 20, 1915, in Granville, Iowa. She grew up in Granville and attended school there.
She married Clem Hatting on Jan 28, 1936, in Ashton. After their marriage, the couple lived in Ashton. In 1939, they moved to Luverne. She helped, at times, when her husband started C.H. Hatting Gravel Co. in Luverne.
Mrs. Hatting was a member of St. Catherine Catholic Church. She enjoyed traveling, especially spending the winter months in Arizona.
Survivors include three sons and daughters-in-law, Bob and Lois Hatting, Butch and Vicki Hatting and Jim and Carol Hatting, all of Luverne; four daughters and sons-in-law, Marilyn Holland, Pat and Jim Phillips, all of Tempe, Ariz., Sandy and Steve Heck, Luverne, and Joni and Tony Farmer, Tyler, Texas; 23 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Jim (Lucille) Roth, Omaha, Neb., and Francis (Darlene) Roth, California; three sisters-in-law, Annie Roth, California, Jan Roth, Omaha, and Vonnie Hatting, Rochester; and many nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Hatting was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Clem, in 1975, one daughter, Loni Batcheller, in 1995, one granddaughter, Tami Hatting, in 1998, four brothers, Verne, Bob, Kenny and Merle Roth, and one sister, Gloria Kruger.
A tree will be planted in memory of Margaret Hatting by Hospice of Luverne Community Hospital.
Dingmann Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.