Margaret E. ‘Marge’ Thome, age 103 of Eagan, Minnesota, died Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at Good Samaritan Society in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota.
Marge was born March 13, 1921, to Frederick and Mary (Prock) Thome at Hudson, Wisconsin. She was baptized by her uncle Monsignor Michael Prock. She attended Spring Valley Schools and graduated with the Class of 1940.
Marge enlisted in the U.S. Marines in December 1943 and served for two years. After serving in the Marines, Marge attended Nursing School at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. She worked as a Registered Nurse at St. Joseph’s Hospital in St. Paul for 13 years. She worked as a Private Duty nurse at a number of hospitals in the Twin Cities area. She lived in the Twin Cities most of her life after school, and one of her favorite pastimes was golfing.
She was preceded in death by her parents: Frederick and Mary (Prock) Thome; brothers (sisters-in-law): Michael (Georgia) Thome, Fred W. (Christine) Thome; sisters (brothers-in-law): Marie (Leonard) Hisdahl, Antoinette (Joel) Wise, Maebelle Thome, Sister Alice Thome, and (Marvin) Cunningham.
Survivors include brother: Joseph (Bev) Thome; sisters: Dorothy (James) Zoch, and Kathryn Cunningham; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Mass of Christian Burial will be on Friday, March 7, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Spring Valley.
Visitation will be from 1:00 until 2:00 p.m. at church prior to the service.
Burial will be in Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Spring Valley, Wisconsin.
Military Honors will be performed by Rickerd-Danielson American Legion Post 227 of Spring Valley.
Keehr Funeral Home, (keehrfuneralhome.com) Spring Valley, is handling arrangements.
