Margaret Lenderts, 84, Ellsworth, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2002, at Luverne Community Hospital in Luverne.
Services were Wednesday, Feb. 27, at Dingmann Funeral Chapel in Adrian. The Rev. Dean Hofstad officiated. Burial was in Grand Prairie Cemetery, Ellsworth.
Margaret Richter was born to Bernard and Esther (Riley) Richter on Sept. 27, 1917, in Ellsworth. She graduated from Ellsworth High School.
She married Otto "Spike" Lenderts on March 8, 1942, in Ellsworth. After their marriage the couple lived in Ellsworth. She was a homemaker and a resident of Ellsworth all of her life.
Mrs. Lenderts was a member of First Congregational Church in Ellsworth. She enjoyed reading and doing crossword puzzles.
Survivors include three children, Lynn Afu, Orlando, Fla., Bruce Lenderts, Rock Rapids, Iowa, and Vicki (Brad Gould) Lenderts, Beaver Creek; five grandchildren, Shelli (Don) Custer, Jill (Ken) Mobeck, Shawn (Paul) Shaw, Keli (Oscar) Orellana and Roxanne (Jason) Dohlmann; nine great-grandchildren; one brother, Ed (Ella) Richter, Mound; two sisters, Dorothy Barton, Dallas, Ore., and Martha Jane Richter, Ellsworth; and two cousins, Dean and Phyllis Hofstad, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Mrs. Lenderts was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Spike, on Sept. 12, 1990, a great-grandson, Michael, in 1990, and two brothers, Robert and Russell Richter.
Dingmann Funeral Home, Adrian, was in charge of arrangements.