Margie Kirschbaum

FOREST CITY - Margie Kirschbaum, 92, of Forest City died Thursday (September 15, 2011) at the Good Shepherd Health Center in Mason City.

Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 10:30 AM on Monday, September 19, 2011, at St. James Catholic Church in Forest City with Fr. Dennis Miller officiating. Burial will be at St. James Catholic Cemetery in Forest City.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 PM on Sunday, September 18, 2011 at Petersen Lund Funeral Home 505 N Clark Street in Forest City with a Scripture Service beginning at 6:30 PM. Visitation will continue an hour prior to service at the church.


Margie Kirschbaum was born on March 19, 1919 to Robert and Rosa (Gelner) Clark in rural Forest City, Iowa. She attended country school through the eighth grade and lived around the Forest City area all of her life.

On November 23, 1937, she was united in marriage to Cecil Kirschbaum at St. James Catholic Church in Forest City. They celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary in November, 1987. They farmed most of their life. She also worked as a nurses aid at the Forest City Hospital for several years and dearly loved her job.

She was a member of St. James Catholic Church all of her life. She also belonged to the Senior Citizen Club in Crystal Lake for many years and was very involved in that. They had a "Kitchen Band" of which she was the drum player and thoroughly enjoyed playing in that band. She loved to dance.
In December 1996 the couple moved off the farm and made their home in a condo in Forest City. Margie continued living there after Cecil died until August 2007 when she moved to Apple Valley Assisted Living in Clear Lake and then in September of 2009 moved to Good Shepherd in Mason City, where she resided until her death.

Margie is survived by five daughters: Ruth Smith of Pequot Lakes, MN; Carol (Russell) Burress of Ventura; Judy (Jim) Prideg of Cedar Falls, Cathy (Paul) Yoch of LeRoy, MN and Susan Kirschbaum of Fox Lake, IL. Also surviving is a sister, Sharon (DeWayne) Schneckloth and a brother, Robert (Jan) Clark of Stewartville, MN, fifteen grandchildren, twenty-eight great-grandchildren, eight great-great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law Marjorie (Louis) Vavrik and Michaela Clark, brother-in-law Eugene (MaDonna) Kirschbaum and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil; parents, infant twin daughters, Marlys and Marlene, four brothers, Kenneth, Milton, Gordon and Richard Clark; two sons-in-law, Gary Hulme and Dewey Smith.