A gathering of friends and family for Margaret (Kleine) Pickard, formerly of Magnolia, will be from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at Dingmann Funeral Home in Luverne, followed by a memorial service with the Rev. Dell Sanderson officiating. Burial of cremains will be in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne.
Margaret Mae Pickard, 83, Susanville, Calif., died Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2001, at Lassen Community Hospital in Susanville.
There was a memorial service for her Saturday, Oct. 27, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Susanville.
Margaret Kleine was born to Earnest and Myrtle (Lehmann) Kleine on March 31, 1918, in rural Rock County. She was the eldest of 16 children. She graduated from Magnolia High School and later lived and worked in California.
She married Tom Pickard on July 12, 1958. Upon retirement they moved to Magnolia. In 1988 they moved back to California.
Mrs. Pickard was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Susanville. She was also a volunteer for the CDF Fire Prevention Program. She enjoyed needlework, crafts and gardening.
Survivors include three grandchildren and their spouses; five great-grandchildren; five brothers, William Kleine, Louis (Lois) Kleine, Dallas Kleine, all of Luverne, Donald (Martha) Kleine, Ann Arbor, Mich., Thomas (Penny) Kleine, Cincinnati, Ohio; and eight sisters, Evelyn Nelson, Barbara Dye, Nyla Stearns, Mildred (John) Steece and Mary (Floyd) Kraetsch, all of Luverne, Joyce (Glenn) Hawes, Jasper, Patty (Loren) Krier, Beresford, S.D., and Janis (Jerry) Glapa, Rochester.
Mrs. Pickard was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Tom, one son, Robert Kohrt, one brother, Rodney, and one sister, Helen (Dick) Taillefer.
Dingmann Funeral Home, Luverne, is in charge of arrangements.