Margaret Brown, December 15, 1922 - March 31, 2012, obituary

Margaret was born on 15 December 1922 in Faulkton, South Dakota. She was the second child of Anna Vondra Hanson and Schuyler Hanson. Margaret married Lawrence Steese Brown on 14 July 1943, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Aberdeen, South Dakota. They lived in Butler and Webster where Larry taught school, later moving to Mellette where he served as superintendant. Margaret and Larry moved to Pierre in the early 1950s with their three children, where they both taught in the Pierre School System. Larry died in an accident in 1954. Margaret became a very active member of the Pierre community. She taught fifth and sixth grade at Lincoln Elementary School and later served for many years as librarian at Riggs Senior High School. After receiving her masters degree in library science at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, she returned to Pierre and from 1972 served for several more years as librarian at Pierre Junior High School. She was a member of the South Dakota Education Association and the National Education Association; she also served a term as president of the South Dakota Department of Classroom Teachers. She was an invited member of Delta Kappa Gamma Society, a professional honorary society of women educators, and she was a lifetime member of the South Dakota Retired Teachers Association. She was also very active for a number of years in the local chapter of the Sons of Norway. Margaret was an avid bridge player and enjoyed playing cards any chance she got. Margaret was preceded in death by her husband Lawrence, her daughter Pamela, her son Brian, and her brothers, Howard and Robert. She is survived by her son Gregory.