Marie Margaret Hibler, 95, formerly of Greeley, Colorado and Bronson, Texas died September 2, 2011, at the Yuma Life Care Center in Yuma, Colorado. Memorial Services will be held Friday, September 9, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Otis, Colorado. Inurnment will follow in the Yuma Cemetery.
Margaret as she was known by her family was born in Woodworth, Illinois to George C. and Marie (Brutlag) Degener on July 31, 1916. She was the second child in a family of five children. In 1918, when Margaret was two years old, her parents and sister Evelyn moved to the Degener family home northwest of Yuma, Colorado where her parents established their farm.
Margaret was baptized as in infant at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Woodworth, Illinois on August 20, 1916. After the family moved to Yuma they became members of St. John Lutheran Church in Yuma. Margaret's elementary education was at St. John's Lutheran Parochial School and she completed her high school education in Yuma, graduating from Yuma Union High School in May 1934. She knew she wanted to become a nurse, and actually stayed to complete an additional chemistry class the following fall in Yuma to qualify for nursing school.
After graduation, Margaret attended Saint Luke's Hospital Training School for Nurses in Denver, Colorado. She completed her degree and graduated August 19, 1938 working at Saint Luke's until she entered the United States Navy at the start of World War II. Margaret started her military service stationed at the Veterans Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Eventually she was transferred to the Pacific Theater serving at the military hospital a New Caledonia in the South Pacific until the end of the war. She achieved the rank of Lieutenant and continued inactive status in the naval reserves until her Honorable Discharge on February 8, 1954.
After the war Margaret continued her nursing career and completed her Post Graduate Courses in Anesthesia at Barnes Hospital in Saint Louis, Missouri. From there she served at hospitals in Memphis, Tennessee and in New York City.
In 1948, she decided to move back to Colorado to be closer to her family. She settled in Greeley, Colorado and continued her nursing career at various doctor's offices and the Weld County Public Hospital, which is now Northeastern Colorado Medical Center.
In Greeley, Margaret met her husband Harold Leslie Hibler on a blind date set up by mutual friends. Les and Margaret were married at Trinity Lutheran Church in Fort Collins on September 6, 1949. To this union one stillborn son Robert Leslie Hibler was born. There were no surviving children. They enjoyed 51 years of marriage until Les's death in December 2000.
They made their home at Les's family home in Greeley enjoying summer weekends at their cabin near Chambers Lake up the Poudre Canyon near Fort Collins. After retiring, they enjoyed traveling and fishing throughout the United States. The eventually purchased a winter home at Sam Raybourn Reservoir in Southeast Texas and spent their winters in Texas and summers in Colorado.
After Les's death, Margaret decided to move back to Colorado to be near her sister Marcella Pickett and family. After moving to Otis, she transferred her membership to St. Paul Lutheran Church in Otis. She lived for a while at the Homestead Apartments in Otis and at the family farm northwest of Yuma, but as her health started to fail, she moved to Parrish Care in Yuma and eventually to Yuma Life Care Center.
Margaret was preceded in death by her husband Les, her infant son Robert Leslie, her parents George and Marie Degener, sisters Evelyn O'Brien and Marcella Pickett and brothers Fenton and Melvin Degener.
She is survived by her nephew Terry Pickett of Coppell, TX, niece Nancy Hefty (Chris) of Loveland, CO, nephew Dr. Paul Bartels (Barbara) of Tucson, AZ, niece Beverly Coram (Dwayne) of Montrose, CO, nephew Dr. David Degener (Kathy) of Kaysville, UT, niece Thelma Gossett of Helena, MT, nephew Kenneth Degener of Cortez, CO and niece Virginia Lind of Estes Park, CO as well as other family and friends.
Memorial Service Friday September 9, 2011 10:00 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Otis Colorado. Pastor Phillip Hofinga officiating with inurnment following service in the Yuma, Cemetery. Baucke Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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Margaret as she was known by her family was born in Woodworth, Illinois to George C. and Marie (Brutlag) Degener on July 31, 1916. She was the second child in a family of five children. In 1918, when Margaret was two years old, her parents and sister Evelyn moved to the Degener family home northwest of Yuma, Colorado where her parents established their farm.
Margaret was baptized as in infant at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Woodworth, Illinois on August 20, 1916. After the family moved to Yuma they became members of St. John Lutheran Church in Yuma. Margaret's elementary education was at St. John's Lutheran Parochial School and she completed her high school education in Yuma, graduating from Yuma Union High School in May 1934. She knew she wanted to become a nurse, and actually stayed to complete an additional chemistry class the following fall in Yuma to qualify for nursing school.
After graduation, Margaret attended Saint Luke's Hospital Training School for Nurses in Denver, Colorado. She completed her degree and graduated August 19, 1938 working at Saint Luke's until she entered the United States Navy at the start of World War II. Margaret started her military service stationed at the Veterans Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Eventually she was transferred to the Pacific Theater serving at the military hospital a New Caledonia in the South Pacific until the end of the war. She achieved the rank of Lieutenant and continued inactive status in the naval reserves until her Honorable Discharge on February 8, 1954.
After the war Margaret continued her nursing career and completed her Post Graduate Courses in Anesthesia at Barnes Hospital in Saint Louis, Missouri. From there she served at hospitals in Memphis, Tennessee and in New York City.
In 1948, she decided to move back to Colorado to be closer to her family. She settled in Greeley, Colorado and continued her nursing career at various doctor's offices and the Weld County Public Hospital, which is now Northeastern Colorado Medical Center.
In Greeley, Margaret met her husband Harold Leslie Hibler on a blind date set up by mutual friends. Les and Margaret were married at Trinity Lutheran Church in Fort Collins on September 6, 1949. To this union one stillborn son Robert Leslie Hibler was born. There were no surviving children. They enjoyed 51 years of marriage until Les's death in December 2000.
They made their home at Les's family home in Greeley enjoying summer weekends at their cabin near Chambers Lake up the Poudre Canyon near Fort Collins. After retiring, they enjoyed traveling and fishing throughout the United States. The eventually purchased a winter home at Sam Raybourn Reservoir in Southeast Texas and spent their winters in Texas and summers in Colorado.
After Les's death, Margaret decided to move back to Colorado to be near her sister Marcella Pickett and family. After moving to Otis, she transferred her membership to St. Paul Lutheran Church in Otis. She lived for a while at the Homestead Apartments in Otis and at the family farm northwest of Yuma, but as her health started to fail, she moved to Parrish Care in Yuma and eventually to Yuma Life Care Center.
Margaret was preceded in death by her husband Les, her infant son Robert Leslie, her parents George and Marie Degener, sisters Evelyn O'Brien and Marcella Pickett and brothers Fenton and Melvin Degener.
She is survived by her nephew Terry Pickett of Coppell, TX, niece Nancy Hefty (Chris) of Loveland, CO, nephew Dr. Paul Bartels (Barbara) of Tucson, AZ, niece Beverly Coram (Dwayne) of Montrose, CO, nephew Dr. David Degener (Kathy) of Kaysville, UT, niece Thelma Gossett of Helena, MT, nephew Kenneth Degener of Cortez, CO and niece Virginia Lind of Estes Park, CO as well as other family and friends.
Memorial Service Friday September 9, 2011 10:00 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Otis Colorado. Pastor Phillip Hofinga officiating with inurnment following service in the Yuma, Cemetery. Baucke Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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Marie Margaret Hibler, 95, formerly of Greeley, Colorado and Bronson, Texas died September 2, 2011, at the Yuma Life Care Center in Yuma, Colorado. Memorial Services will be held Friday, September 9, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Otis, Colorado. Inurnment will follow in the Yuma Cemetery.
Margaret as she was known by her family was born in Woodworth, Illinois to George C. and Marie (Brutlag) Degener on July 31, 1916. She was the second child in a family of five children. In 1918, when Margaret was two years old, her parents and sister Evelyn moved to the Degener family home northwest of Yuma, Colorado where her parents established their farm.
Margaret was baptized as in infant at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Woodworth, Illinois on August 20, 1916. After the family moved to Yuma they became members of St. John Lutheran Church in Yuma. Margaret's elementary education was at St. John's Lutheran Parochial School and she completed her high school education in Yuma, graduating from Yuma Union High School in May 1934. She knew she wanted to become a nurse, and actually stayed to complete an additional chemistry class the following fall in Yuma to qualify for nursing school.
After graduation, Margaret attended Saint Luke's Hospital Training School for Nurses in Denver, Colorado. She completed her degree and graduated August 19, 1938 working at Saint Luke's until she entered the United States Navy at the start of World War II. Margaret started her military service stationed at the Veterans Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Eventually she was transferred to the Pacific Theater serving at the military hospital a New Caledonia in the South Pacific until the end of the war. She achieved the rank of Lieutenant and continued inactive status in the naval reserves until her Honorable Discharge on February 8, 1954.
After the war Margaret continued her nursing career and completed her Post Graduate Courses in Anesthesia at Barnes Hospital in Saint Louis, Missouri. From there she served at hospitals in Memphis, Tennessee and in New York City.
In 1948, she decided to move back to Colorado to be closer to her family. She settled in Greeley, Colorado and continued her nursing career at various doctor's offices and the Weld County Public Hospital, which is now Northeastern Colorado Medical Center.
In Greeley, Margaret met her husband Harold Leslie Hibler on a blind date set up by mutual friends. Les and Margaret were married at Trinity Lutheran Church in Fort Collins on September 6, 1949. To this union one stillborn son Robert Leslie Hibler was born. There were no surviving children. They enjoyed 51 years of marriage until Les's death in December 2000.
They made their home at Les's family home in Greeley enjoying summer weekends at their cabin near Chambers Lake up the Poudre Canyon near Fort Collins. After retiring, they enjoyed traveling and fishing throughout the United States. The eventually purchased a winter home at Sam Raybourn Reservoir in Southeast Texas and spent their winters in Texas and summers in Colorado.
After Les's death, Margaret decided to move back to Colorado to be near her sister Marcella Pickett and family. After moving to Otis, she transferred her membership to St. Paul Lutheran Church in Otis. She lived for a while at the Homestead Apartments in Otis and at the family farm northwest of Yuma, but as her health started to fail, she moved to Parrish Care in Yuma and eventually to Yuma Life Care Center.
Margaret was preceded in death by her husband Les, her infant son Robert Leslie, her parents George and Marie Degener, sisters Evelyn O'Brien and Marcella Pickett and brothers Fenton and Melvin Degener.
She is survived by her nephew Terry Pickett of Coppell, TX, niece Nancy Hefty (Chris) of Loveland, CO, nephew Dr. Paul Bartels (Barbara) of Tucson, AZ, niece Beverly Coram (Dwayne) of Montrose, CO, nephew Dr. David Degener (Kathy) of Kaysville, UT, niece Thelma Gossett of Helena, MT, nephew Kenneth Degener of Cortez, CO and niece Virginia Lind of Estes Park, CO as well as other family and friends.
Memorial Service Friday September 9, 2011 10:00 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Otis Colorado. Pastor Phillip Hofinga officiating with inurnment following service in the Yuma, Cemetery. Baucke Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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Margaret as she was known by her family was born in Woodworth, Illinois to George C. and Marie (Brutlag) Degener on July 31, 1916. She was the second child in a family of five children. In 1918, when Margaret was two years old, her parents and sister Evelyn moved to the Degener family home northwest of Yuma, Colorado where her parents established their farm.
Margaret was baptized as in infant at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Woodworth, Illinois on August 20, 1916. After the family moved to Yuma they became members of St. John Lutheran Church in Yuma. Margaret's elementary education was at St. John's Lutheran Parochial School and she completed her high school education in Yuma, graduating from Yuma Union High School in May 1934. She knew she wanted to become a nurse, and actually stayed to complete an additional chemistry class the following fall in Yuma to qualify for nursing school.
After graduation, Margaret attended Saint Luke's Hospital Training School for Nurses in Denver, Colorado. She completed her degree and graduated August 19, 1938 working at Saint Luke's until she entered the United States Navy at the start of World War II. Margaret started her military service stationed at the Veterans Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Eventually she was transferred to the Pacific Theater serving at the military hospital a New Caledonia in the South Pacific until the end of the war. She achieved the rank of Lieutenant and continued inactive status in the naval reserves until her Honorable Discharge on February 8, 1954.
After the war Margaret continued her nursing career and completed her Post Graduate Courses in Anesthesia at Barnes Hospital in Saint Louis, Missouri. From there she served at hospitals in Memphis, Tennessee and in New York City.
In 1948, she decided to move back to Colorado to be closer to her family. She settled in Greeley, Colorado and continued her nursing career at various doctor's offices and the Weld County Public Hospital, which is now Northeastern Colorado Medical Center.
In Greeley, Margaret met her husband Harold Leslie Hibler on a blind date set up by mutual friends. Les and Margaret were married at Trinity Lutheran Church in Fort Collins on September 6, 1949. To this union one stillborn son Robert Leslie Hibler was born. There were no surviving children. They enjoyed 51 years of marriage until Les's death in December 2000.
They made their home at Les's family home in Greeley enjoying summer weekends at their cabin near Chambers Lake up the Poudre Canyon near Fort Collins. After retiring, they enjoyed traveling and fishing throughout the United States. The eventually purchased a winter home at Sam Raybourn Reservoir in Southeast Texas and spent their winters in Texas and summers in Colorado.
After Les's death, Margaret decided to move back to Colorado to be near her sister Marcella Pickett and family. After moving to Otis, she transferred her membership to St. Paul Lutheran Church in Otis. She lived for a while at the Homestead Apartments in Otis and at the family farm northwest of Yuma, but as her health started to fail, she moved to Parrish Care in Yuma and eventually to Yuma Life Care Center.
Margaret was preceded in death by her husband Les, her infant son Robert Leslie, her parents George and Marie Degener, sisters Evelyn O'Brien and Marcella Pickett and brothers Fenton and Melvin Degener.
She is survived by her nephew Terry Pickett of Coppell, TX, niece Nancy Hefty (Chris) of Loveland, CO, nephew Dr. Paul Bartels (Barbara) of Tucson, AZ, niece Beverly Coram (Dwayne) of Montrose, CO, nephew Dr. David Degener (Kathy) of Kaysville, UT, niece Thelma Gossett of Helena, MT, nephew Kenneth Degener of Cortez, CO and niece Virginia Lind of Estes Park, CO as well as other family and friends.
Memorial Service Friday September 9, 2011 10:00 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Otis Colorado. Pastor Phillip Hofinga officiating with inurnment following service in the Yuma, Cemetery. Baucke Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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