Margaret Burns

October 26, 1910 - March 24, 2018

Margaret Burns' strong heart stopped  beating on March 24, 2018.  She was born October 26, 1910 on an Alberta, Canada Homestead, the next to the youngest of 12 children of Joe and Margaret Schupfer.  She lived most of her life in northern Iowa, was schooled at Rodman and Mallard.  She farmed with her handicapped husband, Thomas Burns, in the West Bend and Rolfe area.  The had four children who ate some of the best garden vegetables from her clean garden.  She cooked delicious meals (great chicken and noodles and oh, those pies!).  After becoming a widow she farmed by herself for two years before retiring to Arizona, first Phoenix and then Cottonwood.  She is survived by her four children-Bob Burns(Gayle), Anita Jackson, Mary Smith(Richard) and Linda Burns, all of Arizona;  grandchildren- Mark Burns(Kelly), Michael Burns (Gina), John Jackson (Sandy) and Cynthia Blake (Justine);  eight great grandchildren , Kyle Burns (Samantha), Michaela Burns, Jake Jackson, Christian Blake, Michael Blake and Anne Blake;  and her seven great great grandchildfren, Teaghen Burns, Pylot Burns, Brekyn Jones, Elena Burns, Gunner Burns, Rylar Abernathy and Edge Jones.  Margaret was a beautiful person, a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great great grandmother.  She was kind, compassionate, wise, understanding and had a great sense of humor.  Services were held at Westcott Funeral Home in Cottonwood, AZ on March 31, 2018 and also at Sts. Peter and Paul's Catholic Church in West Bend, Iowa on April 11, 2018 with burial following in the West Bend Cemetery.  Harris Funeral Home was in charge of local arrangements.