Margaret L. Winter, 77, Luverne, died Sunday, Nov. 10, 2002, at Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Center in Luverne.
Services were Thursday, Nov. 14, at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne.
Margaret Michelsen was born to Peter and Christina (Jochimsen) Michelsen on April 3, 1925, in Ellsworth. She was baptized on Aug. 10, 1925, and confirmed into the Christian faith on July 9, 1939, both at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. She was educated in the Luverne school system, graduating in 1943. After high school she worked in Minneapolis as a secretary for the PAKO Corp. She also worked as a long distance toll operator for Northwest Bell Telephone Co. in Luverne.
She married Ray Winter on June 6, 1948, at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. She worked for the Luverne School system as an attendance secretary, retiring in 1992.
Mrs. Winter was a life long member of St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. She was the organist from 1940 until 1998. In the course of those years, she furnished the music for Sunday School activities, Christmas programs, weddings and funerals, too numerous to mention. She served as an officer of the LWML, Ladies Aid, Couples Club and church Guild. She also taught Sunday School and led women's Bible class.
Survivors include her husband, Ray, Luverne; three sons, Gregory (Renae) Winter, Daniel Winter, all of Minneapolis, and Timothy (Lynn) Winter, Manassas, Va.; two daughters, Nancy (Steve) Browne, Minneapolis, and Mary Jane (Jim) Greenley, Steamboat Springs, Colo.; seven grandchildren, Aaron, Adam and Amanda Browne, Peter and Sarah Winter, Christina Winter, and Andrea Winter; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives and friends.
The Luverne Hospice Program will plant a tree in memory of Margaret Winter.
Engebretson Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.