Margaret O Thalman

Mankato Mortuary 1001 North Riverfront Drive Mankato, Minnesota 56001 507-388-2202 Margaret O. Thalman, age 91 of Red Wing and formerly of Mankato, died Monday, May 4, 2015 at Seminary Home in Red Wing. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, May 8, 2015 at Grace Lutheran Church in Mankato with Rev. Dr. Scott E. Olson officiating. Burial in Woodland Hills Memorial Park. Visitation will be held one hour before the service on Friday. Memorials may be given to Grace Lutheran Church. Mankato Mortuary in charge of arrangements. Margaret was born July 14, 1923 to Oscar and Annette (Finstuen)Loken in Minneola Township, near Zumbrota, MN. She graduated from Zumbrota High School in 1941 and then graduated from Minneapolis Business College in 1943. She was united in marriage to Ewald Thalman on June 19, 1953 in Zumbrota, Minnesota. Ewald died in 1961. Margaret raised her children in the Mankato area. She worked as a secretary at the YMCA for eight years and at Grace Lutheran Church in Mankato as financial secretary for 27 years. She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church and the Swedish Club. Margaret was known for her great sense of humor and her laugh. Margaret is survived by her four grandchildren, Ashley Thalman, Erik Thalman, Alex Ring, and Kelsey Ring; daughter-in-law, Anne (Fernando) Bobadillo; son-in-law, Dave Ring; nieces, nephews, and cousins. Preceded in death by her parents; husband; son Bruce; daughter Annette Ring; two brothers, Harold and Obert Loken; three sisters, Alice Quittem, Antelia Hegge, and Luella Wogsland.