Margaret E. (Krueger) McCutchen

Funeral Services for Margaret E. McCutchen, age 93, of Norfolk, will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, January 8, 2022 at Christ Lutheran Church in Norfolk.  Reverend Mike Moreno will officiate.  Interment will be in New Lutheran Cemetery.  Visitation will be Friday, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., at the Home for Funerals Chapel, 708 Georgia Avenue.  The Funeral Service will be livestreamed on the Christ Lutheran Church’s Facebook Page.  Home for Funerals is in charge of arrangements.

She passed away Thursday, December 30, 2021 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. 

Margaret Emilie was born June 9, 1928 on a farm near Pierce to Traugott and Linda (Krueger) Krueger.  She was baptized and confirmed at Christ Lutheran Church in Pierce. Margaret attended grade school in rural Pierce County District 68.  She completed high school through the American School correspondence course from Chicago and attended Norfolk Junior College.  She married Charles McCutchen at Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Norfolk.  They lived in Norfolk where she worked many years as a bookkeeper at various businesses.

Margaret was a member of Christ Lutheran Church for more than 30 years where she belonged to the Ladies Aid.  She was a lifetime member of the VFW Auxiliary of Norfolk, the Chicago and Northwestern Club, and the Norfolk Senior Center.

She enjoyed traveling with her husband and son, playing cards at the Senior Center, gardening, cooking, baking, canning, fishing, tending to her flowers, and being with family.

She is survived by her son Charles E. McCutchen, Jr., three step-daughters Charlene (Ronald) Schulzkump, Carolyn Vollmer, and Diane (Larry) Hradec, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, sisters Lorene Herley, Carolyn Signor, and Elaine Stiegert, and many nieces, nephews and friends.

Margaret was preceded in death by her parents, husband Charles in 1995, brother Elmer Krueger, step-son Gary (Butch) McCutchen, step-son-in-law Glen Vollmer, step-grandson David Schulzkump, and great-step-grandson Casey Vollmer.

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