Margaret Crim

January 1, 1753 - March 14, 2010

Margaret Crim, 88 of Stratford, passed on Thursday morning, March 11, 2010 in her home at Athens Woods in Stratford, Iowa. Margaret Annette Iles Crim, the daughter of Clem and Edith (Berglund) Iles was born on May 29, 1921in Stratford on the Iles farm. She attended rural school District #3 in Hardin Township, spent two years in the Stratford High School and graduated from Lincoln High School in Webster City in 1938, after her family moved to a farm north of Webster City in Cass Township. On May 9, 1942, she was united in marriage to Severt Crim of Stratford, and they lived on the family farm south of Stratford for 53 years. Margaret interests were in her church, South Marion United Methodist, where she taught Sunday school, was an officer in UMW, was an avid quilter for the bazaars, sang in the choir and played the organ for some thirty years. Her parents; husband Severt in September of 2004; brother Carol, and grandson Alex preceded her in death. She is survived by five sons; John Crim and wife Judy of Centreville, Virginia, Marvin Crim and wife Dorothy of Sioux City, Iowa, Paul Crim and wife Sally of Omaha, Nebraska, Bruce Crim of Forestall, Missouri and Lowell Crim and wife Jenifer of Stratford, Iowa; 9 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; and a sister Evelyn Streit of Gowrie, Iowa. Services will be held on Monday morning, March 15th at 10:00 a.m. at the Calvary United Methodist Church in Stratford with Revs. Dot Hasler and Gina Spohnheimer officiating. Interment will be in the Oakwood Cemetery north of Stratford, Iowa. Friends may call at the Calvary United Methodist Church in Stratford on Sunday evening from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. with the family present to greet friends. Visitations will continue Monday morning at the Church from 8:30 a.m. until the time of service. Those wishing to express their sympathies through a memorial may direct their gift to the South Marion United Methodist Church.