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Margaret Marie "Marge" Krenk Holt
11 Sep 1929 – 19 Oct 2004
| Birth | 11 Sep 1929 |
| Death | 19 Oct 2004 |
| Cemetery | Garden of Memories Cemetery Yankton , Yankton County , South Dakota , USA |
| Added by | Gail Monteith on 10 Jul 2021 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120818771 |
Bio
Margaret Marie (Krenk) Holt was born on a farm in Seward County near Bee NE to Emil J. & Lillian L. (Moravec) Krenk. Her father was an auctioneer in partnership with his father, John L. Krenk, and her mother was a homemaker. She started first grade in a one-room country schoolhouse speaking fluent Czech and had to learn English. The Krenk family moved off the farm to Ulysses where she attended school from the third to the eighth grade. In 1942, her family moved to Fremont because her father was offered a job as an auctioneer with Taylor & Martin Commission (sale barn) in Fremont. She went to high school in Fremont, excelled in her studies, and wrote the local rotary newsletter. She learned to paly the harmonica, the piano, and marched in the band playing the drums. She took business classes at Midland Collège. Her high-school friend, Frank, and Arthur Holt were in the U.S. Army and when Art returned home, they were married on Jan 20, 1946. They moved to Wakonda, SD and lived on the farm until 1969. In 1958, she was elected Riverside Township Assessor and held this job for three years. She worked part time at Gidden's Grocery in Wakonda. In 1965, when a fire destroyed the grocery store, she applied at the Yankton State Hospital and was hired as a direct patient care psychiatric aide. She then moved to the medical floor and became a re-motivation instructor. This department was responsible to schedule meetings with 10-12 patients in therapy groups. The re-motivation department was a primary resource for nursing home staff to learn about geriatrics care. Marge developed the curriculum and taught educational workshops for people working in the mental health field. Marge was appointed as he administrative assistant to run the first prison in South Dakota in 1971 after a building was remodeled at the Human Service Center to house female felons. She developed many different rehabilitation programs, worked with many business and citizens from the community to provide felons with a high school education. In 1977, Marge was hired by the geriatric psychiatric ward to hire, schedule, and manage the payroll for state employees . While working full time, Marge attended USD Springfield and received as associate's degree. In September 1991, Marge retired after 27 years of service. Marge was a devoted wife of 45 years who loved her husband very much. As a woman, mother, friend, and neighbor she was a constant in our lives. As a professional, she was involved, dependable, fair and honest. She was a registered Republican but would vote for the person who would do the best job. She loved to travel, was our family historian, remembering all the birthdays, anniversary dates, date of important events and faithfully wrote over 200 Christmas cards each year with a "newsy letter". She saved articles from the Yankton, P&D, went every year to River Boat Days and plays at the playhouse, collected cookbooks and read avidly every day. She was a remarkable woman, and we will all miss her. Margaret Marie (Krenk) Holt, 75, died Tuesday, Oct 19, 2004, at her home in Yankton. Survivors include: 2 daughters, Carol Kowalski of Chicago, IL and Nancy (Mrs. Russ) Coffey of Oskaloosa, IA; 5 grandchildren, Lauren Kowalski (Jeff) Marks and Melissa Kowalski, all of Mount Prospect, IL, Deanna Kowalski of Des Plaines, IL, Sheila Van Sickle of Denton, TX, & Bryan Van Sickle of Cedar Rapids, IA and a great grand child, Lillian Van Sickle Scruggs of Denton, TX Contributor: Gail Monteith (47978026) • [email protected]
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